Register now for an exciting four-part hybrid speaker series, hosted by MILE and UMD’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences! This series will share engaging information on evidence-based identification & treatment of reading & writing impairments.

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Things You’ll Learn:

• Dyslexia: Early Identification & Phonemic Awareness

• Equitable Access to Grade-Level Content

• Metacognition & Literacy Instruction

• Evidence-Based Literacy Approaches in Urban Districts

CEUs & Credits

• Application made for 0.4 ASHA CEUs (intermediate level, professional area)

• Eligible for 4 PDPs toward teacher licensure

Cost

• In-person: $150 (with breakfast & lunch)

• Cirtual: $100 (Sessions not recorded.)

For Information

• Contact Courtney Overton at coverton@umd.edu.

Agenda
9:00 AM – Registration & Breakfast

9:15 AM – Dyslexia: Early Identification and Phonemic Awareness Strategies
Carla Askew, M.A., CCC-SLP – Reading & Language Learning Center

10:15 AM – Break

10:30 AM – Closing the Language Comprehension Gap: Providing Equitable Access to Grade-Level Content
Elizabeth Carino, M.A., M.Ed. – Arlington Public Schools

11:30 AM – Lunch & Learn: Film Screening & Discussion

12:30 PM – Weaving Together Strands of Metacognition, Reading, & Writing During a Structured Literacy Lesson
Liane G. Thornhill, M.S., CCC-SLP – PlayWise LLC

1:30 PM – Break

1:45 PM – Evidence-Based Literacy Approaches in Urban Districts
Valice Jackson Afolabi, M.Ed. – Baltimore City Public Schools

2:45 PM – Closing Remarks
Courtney Overton, Ed.D., CCC-SLP – University of Maryland