Date: 03/05/2024 Time: 3:30-4:30 Location: internet Type: Webinar
Description
David Koppenhaver, co-author of the book Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write (2020) joins us to host 5 discussions about implementing comprehensive literacy instruction in classrooms. This series is intended to offer a space to connect with others around a shared goal of engaging in meaningful conversations about how we are supporting students with complex needs in becoming readers and writers. Each session will involve time for participants to ask the author questions.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will engage in peer-to-peer knowledge exchange by sharing experiences, successful practices, and challenges in implementing comprehensive literacy instruction.
- Participants will deepen their understanding of comprehensive literacy instruction for students with disabilities by listing 2 practical and actionable strategies to implement in emergent or conventional literacy instruction.
Presenters
Roberta Holmes
Roberta Holmes is the Partnership Development Specialist at And Still We Rise, where she leads daily consulting outreach operations and manages requests for individual, group, and organizational services. In addition to her operational leadership, Mrs. Holmes is also a Liberation Consultant specializing in community and family engagement—working closely with organizations to build trust, deepen partnerships, and strengthen inclusive practices that support historically excluded communities.
With over 30 years of experience in sales, client relations, government, and business support services, she brings a strategic, people-centered approach to her work. Mrs. Holmes is passionate about helping organizations move beyond reactive responses to bias or harm and toward proactive, sustainable cultures of belonging.
Her favorite pastimes include getting lost in a good book, enjoying board games, cruising with her husband in their classic Corvette, and making French toast with her grandkids.
Mrs. Holmes is fluent in English.
Sarah Kinsella, MA CCC-SLP
Sarah Kinsella is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a passion for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and supporting students with complex communication needs. She holds a Master’s degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and has worked in the public school setting for 11 years. She also served as the district Assistive Technology Specialist for 7 years, working with multidisciplinary teams and families to support students with a variety of Assistive Technology and AAC needs. She is passionate about her field and thankful for the students with whom she works as they help her learn and grow along the way.
Brenda Del Monte, MA, SLP-CCC
Brenda Del Monte is a speech language pathologist and an assistive technology evaluator and facilitator. She worked as an SLP in Washington State public schools and is currently a private practitioner in Arizona, where she does AAC evaluations and trainings. Brenda has presented her knowledge at Closing the Gap and her collaborative research on accessing AAC at ATIA. Brenda Del Monte is a co-founder of Believe Beyond Ability, a non-profit organization that evaluates, determines, provides and trains those with multiple disabilities on assistive technology to increase independence. Brenda is also an author of the newly published book, “I See You In There,” a collection of stories from her 20+ years of experience working with children and adults with disabilities. She is currently a co-host of the Awe and Wonder Podcast hosted by the Special Ed Tech Center.
Contact
Email Sue Wright at the SETC office
Zoom link
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