BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Events Booking BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6adde95adfee6 SUMMARY:3062.1\, CODE\, IDA\, DYSLEXIA: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT KIND OF INSTRUC TION WILL HELP? Part 1 of a 3 part series (Feb. 2021) DESCRIPTION: Format:  CODE Audience:  Reading Teachers \, Leaders Area:   Reading\, Dyslexia Grade Span:   K-5 Location: Online Sponsor:  IDA Presenter:  Dr. Devin Kearns Contact hours:                                   This is co pied directly from the website:  \"The goal of this 3-webinar series: T o inform and enlighten teachers\, administrators\, other education profess ionals\, parents\, and policymakers about dyslexia and the science of read ing. Our speakers are highly regarded academics from research and teachin g institutions in the United States: Devin Kearns\, U of Connecticut\ , Center for Behavioral Education and Research\, and Haskins Laboratories Nora Schlesinger\, Kennesaw State University Jennifer Lindstrom\, Univ ersity of Georgia Nicole Patton Terry\, Florida State University and Dir ector\, Florida Center for Reading Research Dyslexia is a serious rea ding disorder affecting 5 to 10% of individuals in the United States. Howe ver\, its causes and the best treatments for it are not well-understood. D r. Devin Kearns will begin with an explanation of the skills students requ ire for reading success and then address the nature of dyslexia and how it causes reading problems.  Finally\, Dr. Kearns will provide guidance abo ut the elements of instruction that are essential for the success of stude nts with dyslexia and how to address dyslexia within an MTSS/RTI process. The goal of the presentation is for attendees to leave with a strong under standing of the types of problems involved in dyslexia and knowledge about the critical elements of instruction. (Audience: Elementary &\; middl e school classroom and reading teachers &\; administrators\, tutors\, S LP’s\, psychologists\, and parents) In this first webinar in the 2021 IDA-GA Dyslexia Knowledge Series\, Dr. Devin Kearns begins with an explana tion of the skills students require for reading success and then addresses the nature of dyslexia and how it causes reading problems. Finally\, Dr. Kearns provides guidance about the elements of instruction that are essent ial for the success of students with dyslexia and how to address dyslexia within an MTSS/RTI process. The goal of the presentation is for attendees to leave with a strong understanding of the types of problems involved in dyslexia and knowledge about the critical elements of instruction.   Devin Kearns\, Ph.D.\, University of Connecticut\, Center for Behavioral E ducation and Research and Haskins Laboratories helps us define and identif y dyslexia and the instructional components that will help dyslexic studen ts learn to read. Devin M. Kearns\, Ph.D. researches reading disabilities —including dyslexia—in school-age children. His research focuses on li nking educational practice to cognitive science and neuroscience in collab oration with colleagues at Haskins Laboratories and the Brain Imaging Rese arch Center at UConn. He and his colleagues examine the neurobiological ch ange that occurs as students learn to read. They are also developing a new reading intervention designed to link word reading and meaning and examin e how the intervention affects students’ patterns of cognitive processin g. He and his colleagues are also developing and testing a game-based dysl exia screening app. Devin has seven years of classroom experience as a tea cher\, literacy coach\, and reading specialist. He continues to help schoo ls and districts implement high-quality reading instruction—including de monstrating how to implement evidence-based reading instruction.\" After r egistering\, participants will receive the link information. LOCATION:Online DTSTART:20230531T040000Z DTEND:20270630T040000Z DTSTAMP:20230531T223116Z ORGANIZER;CN=HGRESA Registration:MAILTO:eventbooking@hgresa.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR