Dyslexia 101 Final draft - The State Education Resource Center

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Tuesday-March 31, 2015 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
To Register: www.neatmarketplace.org
Registration check-in: 8:15 am
Registration Includes:
The NEAT Center at Oak Hill
33 Coventry St, Hartford, CT
• Morning Coffee
• Lunch Provided
• Overcoming Dyslexia Book By Sally Shaywitz, MD
Keynote Address:
Sally Shaywitz, MD
Bennett Shaywitz, MD
Co-Directors at the Yale Center for
Dyslexia and Creativity
Additional Presenters:
Jule McCombes-Tolis, Ph.D
Beth Stone, M.Ed., FIT/AOGPE
Lisa Tweed C/AOGPE - Director, Instructor, Consultant
Nicole Feeney, M. ED. - Assistive Technology Specialist
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS:
• What is dyslexia?
• Instructional Objectives
• Contact hours offered
• Classic warning signs in
children
• Effective teaching
strategies
• Sea of Strengths
• Progress Monitoring
• Early Screening
• Assistive Technology
• Resource Fair featuring
information about AT,
organizations, service
providers, schools & more.
This event has been made possible in part by
Decoding Dyslexia CT and NEAT Center at Oak Hill
www.decodingdyslexiact.org