Best Practices for Teaching and Assessing Writing for Students with Learning Disabilities: A CEC/DLD Collaborative Webinar Series

Thursday, April 25, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
4-5 p.m. ET

 

This three-part webinar series will provide special and general education teachers, administrators, and literacy coaches with information and tools to support students with learning disabilities in developing grade-level writing abilities. Webinars will help participants understand the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in writing, identify typical writing difficulties of students with learning disabilities, select and deliver appropriate research-based interventions, and monitor academic writing progress.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this program, you will be able to:

• Describe, use, and differentiate the SRSD method of writing strategies instruction.
• Assess and score students’ writing using CBM, including accessing free online resources and materials.
• Identify grade-level writing expectations in the K-12 CCSS that may present difficulty for students with learning disabilities, as well as select and implement research-based interventions.

Presented By:

Karen R. Harris, Arizona State University
Erica Lembke, University of Missouri
Kristen McMaster, University of Minnesota
Gary A. Troia, Michigan State University
Natalie. G. Olinghouse, University of Connecticut