Older students who struggle with literacy need your help! Completely aligned with the Science of Reading, this unique session should not be missed if you are working with struggling students who are beyond consonant – vowel- consonant level  words.  If you have struggling students from elementary school –age through adult, who are now beyond simple consonant-vowel-consonant type syllables, this fast-paced, information –packed session is for you!  This session is for special educators, general education teachers, speech language pathologists, reading specialists, or parents looking for key research-based strategies to add to their repertoire of literacy tools and techniques.  Proven strategies will be shared within the following upper level skill areas that are necessary for successful reading and spelling:

Because the ability to decode longer words is often the major difference between good and poor readers, mnemonic techniques for dividing multisyllable words to determine the vowel sounds will be shown. The presenter will also delve into morphology, with basic activities for training reading,  spelling, and the meanings of longer words containing using prefixes, roots, and suffixes.  Special techniques will be demonstrated for training acquisition of phonetically irregular sight words such as “what,” and “come, ” since fluent reading is dependent upon the ability to quickly read these difficult-to-learn words. Many different types of strategies will be shared including some showing the use of Reading with TLC resources.

Presenter Bio:

Marianne Nice, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and reading specialist with 20 years experience in K-12 education.  Marianne specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia and related literacy disorders. She regularly provides professional development and consultation to school systems both locally and nationally. She consults to school districts on multi tiered systems of support models and the use of effective school-wide literacy interventions. She has been a speaker at several national language and literacy conventions and was recently asked by IDA to provide a national training on teaching structured literacy online.  Marianne lives southern New Hampshire with her husband, also a teacher, and her two children ages 16 and 13.

CREDITS: Whether you watch live or view the recording, this training offers 2 cont. ed. hours for all, and Certificate Maintenance Hours (CMHs) for Speech Language Pathologists. ASHA accepts CMHs towards the 30 hours needed for re-certification.