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01/30/2024, Book Study: Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write – Chapter 7

Date: 01/30/2024 Time: 4:30-5:30 Location: internet Type: Webinar

Description

Comprehension, Schema and Vocabulary

Chapter 7

This chapter dives deep into reading comprehension and vocabulary instruction. Reading comprehension involves emotional, time, location and cause and effect inferences. Motivation and engagement are at the heart of successful reading comprehension instruction.

Learning Objectives

  1. Learn how to select vocabulary according to Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 levels of support.
  2. Create anchor activities so that the purpose of reading is clear. 
  3. How to modify activities for students who use AAC

Presenters

Heidi G. Brislin, MS-OTR/L

Heidi G. Brislin, MS-OTR/L is an Occupational Therapist and Assistive Technology Specialist for the Edmonds School District and the Olympic Education Service District 114 in Washington. She owns a private practice, Heidi Brislin OT Consulting in Kingston, WA, where she provides professional development sessions, as well as family and team consultations and training. Heidi has extensive experience in school-based practice and outpatient adult rehab settings. She is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Washington. She is passionate about helping teams create authentic learning opportunities for all children, improving literacy skills, switch access, power mobility, and helping children become autonomous communicators.

Sharon Redmon, M.S., Ad.Ed. AT, ATP

Sharon Redmon is a SpEd and GenEd teacher with over 20 years of experience.  She holds a Masters of Science degree in Adaptive Education: Assistive Technology and an Assistive Technology Practitioner (ATP) license from RESNA. Sharon’s passion for AT and especially AAC began with her first teaching job in WI where she became involved in WATI and continues today as a leader in the WI AAC Network created by an AAC Communicator.  Sharon has been an AT specialist for a WI and WA school district, ECSE teacher (low incidence population), SPED/ABA/Autism coordinator/teacher, high school and kindergarten teacher and now ATP in private practice. Her classroom experience in WI, WA and overseas schools, has given her a unique perspective on how UDL, AT, and AAC intertwine.  She is excited to be back in Washington State and working with individuals of all ages and abilities to access communication and their environment.  

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Contact

Email Sue Wright at the SETC office

Clock hours for this webinar and others in this series are available from ESD105 for a small fee. The following Professional Development Enroller link provides more information about clock hours: https://www.pdenroller.org/cwu/catalog/165361

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