OGA courses and workshops

We offer a variety of professional development opportunities focused upon building strong literacy and numeracy skills for all students.

Specializing in evidence-based practice and effective methodologies especially suitable for students with language-based difficulties.

Particularly relevant for teachers, specialists, clinicians, tutors, parents and other professionals to successfully teach students with even the most severe learning disabilities as well as ALL learners more effectively.

We offer a variety of PD and workshop sessions for parents, community members and students. Please click here for other opportunities.

IDA Structured Literacy Teacher & Interventionist (CERI)

The Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI), an affiliate of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), is pleased to offer professional certificates and certifications to qualified individuals teaching and supporting reading in public and private general, remedial, and special education settings. These certificates and certifications include:

CERI certificates and certifications reflect the common features of national and international certifying body standards that define the minimum requirements for a professional certification program to be considered valid and reliable. Included among these features are stakeholder involvement and the separation of candidate training activities from certification activities.

CERI certificates and certifications were developed with the input of multiple stakeholder groups, including, but not limited to: general educators and remedial reading interventionists employed in public and private settings; higher education faculty; reading researchers; speech language pathologists; independent educator training organizations and companies reflecting a variety of programs and approaches; public and private school administrators; state department of education representatives. When establishing the minimum total practicum hours and impact requirements for certified Structured Literacy/Dyslexia Interventionists and Structured Literacy/Dyslexia Specialists for example, CERI carefully evaluated the scientific research concerning impaired readers’ response to interventions provided, consulted researchers within the field, evaluated supervised practicum requirements of other independent reading certification programs and approaches, and secured input from multiple stakeholders through committees and public comment initiatives.


The Reading and Learning Clinic of Manitoba is committed to offering professional development which presents evidence-based and effective models of instruction to support all learners in our schools.

Our courses are based upon current research as well as fundamental knowledge of how we learn (cognitive science) which has been established through decades of study within the fields of linguistics, neuroscience and psychology including language-literacy research and reading science.

We focus upon instructional methods and approaches which are specifically targeted to those students who might have a label of learning disabilities but can be used in any instructional context.