Thursday, February 15, 2024
8:00 AM–9:50 AM CST
- PMD: 3,5
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Advanced
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- distinguish between students who are low achieving in reading because of disruptions in learning caused by the recent pandemic from students who present with a specific learning disability;
- learn appropriate screening tools and assessment batteries that are more culturally fair and appropriate for children with reading disorders and dyslexia;
- identify specific cognitive and academic processes that underscore multiple types of reading disorders and dyslexia, in order to develop more effective interventions for struggling readers; and
- learn how to identify reading disorders and dyslexia in children using a processing strengths and weaknesses (PSW) model consistent with updated NASP professional guidelines.
Description
This workshop will assist school psychologists in using a pattern of strengths and weaknesses model for SLD eligibility determination in order to identify reading disorders and dyslexia in children.
Presenter(s)
Steven G. Feifer, Monocacy Neurodevelopmental Center
Jack A. Naglieri, University of Virginia
Tulio M. Otero, PhD, Tulio M. Otero, Ph.D., LLC
