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Dr. Stollar: Dyslexia Screening and the Use of Acadience Reading K-6
Brookhart and Keenheel: Aligning to the Standards: Supporting Teachers Through Training and Communities of Practice
Dr. Stephanie Stollar: Dyslexia Screening and the Use of Acadience Reading K-6
If you are using Acadience Reading K-6 (formerly known as DIBELS Next) for universal screening, do you need an additional tool to screen for dyslexia? Learn how to use Acadience Reading screening and progress monitoring data to determine indicators of risk for reading difficulties such as dyslexia, including severe low skills on measures of phonological processing including phonemic awareness and phonics, sustained lack of progress or resource intensive progress in the essential early literacy skills, when provided with generally effective instruction. Explore how the Acadience RAN indicator may contribute additional information for decision making. Case studies will be used to explore decisions about who needs support, the effectiveness of Tier 1, how much progress is enough, when to suspect a disability, and how to determine eligibility for special education.
Dawn Brookhart and Suruchi Keenheel: Aligning to the Standards: Supporting Teachers Through Training and Communities of Practice
Fidelity to implementation matters when it comes to delivering reading programs as intended. Typically, teachers are exposed to training then expected to contextualize and individually translate this newly acquired knowledge into their complex classrooms. This session will explore a training and coaching project designed to improve the knowledge base of K-3 teachers supported by a virtual community of practice and the use of implementation tools. Key objectives, lessons learned, and barriers navigated will be shared.