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Participants will engage in an intensive five day course focused on literacy instruction and assessment, classroom problem-solving, and use of assistive technologies to support the literacy learning of children with severe communication impairments. Instructional methods will include lecture and demonstration, simulation, examination of written and classroom performance samples, and case studies. May 14-18, 2012 / Mississauga, ON
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Course details: Participants will engage in an intensive five day course focused on literacy instruction and assessment, classroom problem-solving, and use of assistive technologies to support the literacy learning of children with severe communication impairments. Instructional methods will include lecture and demonstration, simulation, examination of written and classroom performance samples, and case studies.
Audience: General education teachers, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, resource room teachers and parents supporting alternative and augmentative communication users.
Date: May 14 - 18, 2012 five day intensive course with some evening work.
Arrival by 6:00pm on Sunday, May 13 for recommended "meet and greet” reception with the course instructors.
Course Fee: $1295+ GST (HST), course fee includes 2 books required for the course. Children with Disabilities: Reading and Writing the Four-Blocks Way, by Karen Erickson and David Koppenhaver and The Teachers’ Guide to the Four-Blocks: A Multimethod, Multilevel framework for Grades 1-3, by Patricia M. Cunningham, Dorothy P. Hall and Cheryl M. Sigmon.
Course instructors: Drs. Karen Erickson (Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at the University of North Carolina) and David Koppenhaver (Language, Reading and Exceptionalities Department at the Appalachian State University). Each has been named a Distinguished Lecturer by the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
To let us know of your interest in attending this course, please contact:
Chantal Halliday, Professional Development Coordinator, Bridges
2550 Argentia Rd, Suite 121
Mississauga, ON L5N 5R1
Ph: 905-542-7232 ext. 2170, or 1-800-353-1107 ext. 2170
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Karen Erickson, Ph.D.
Dr. Erickson is the Director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds a Ph.D. in Special Education and Literacy Studies from UNC-CH. Karen is a former teacher of students with significant disabilities, including many who used augmentative and alternative communication. Knowledgeable in literacy, assistive and instructional technologies, augmentative communication, and the learning characteristics of students with significant disabilities, Karen presents nationally and internationally and is in great demand as a consultant, researcher, and program developer. Dr. Erickson’s work has been published in numerous journal articles and book chapters.
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David Koppenhaver, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Language, Reading, and Exceptionalities, Appalachian State University.
Dr. Koppenhaver holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He is the former director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies and has worked for the past 20 years with preschool- and school-aged children who have a wide variety of literacy learning difficulties. He currently teaches undergraduate classes in reading methods, special education, and instructional technology. He has written and lectured widely on literacy instruction for children with significant disabilities.
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