“These kids talk and wiggle and fight they way out of our hearts.” A thought provoking quote by Kelsi Hope.
We want to unravel the myths of ADHD. We must begin to understand the ADHD child and discover ways to enhance their talents rather than being “blind-sighted” with ADHD difficulties. There is help and hope. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. states: ”With the proper treatment, what at first seemed impaired may soon prove gifted.”
Fundamental Learning Center’s own Connie Thompson, will talk about children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD or Inattentive Type). Are you confused by the signs? Are you frustrated with the lack of information and help for you and your child? Join us for a very interesting discussion on the many issues related to raising and educating a child with attention deficit.
Tuesday: November 30, 2010
Tuesday: May 24, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $10 per person
Area teens with learning difficulties lead an open discussion for other teens on their views of: adaptations for learning, accommodations that have worked for them, daily challenges they face, how they overcome the challenges, how they talk to others about their differences, and what they feel the future holds for them. Bring your young teen and listen as this powerful session takes place.
Tuesday: October 26, 2010
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Cost: free to all
Six centers are facilitated by Literacy Intervention Specialists at the Center who have been taught to help parents, school educators, administrators, psychologists, etc. feel many of the same frustrations children with learning difficulties experience in the classroom on a regular basis. This simulation is highly effective in raising awareness of why accommodations need to be in place to help learning different children be successful in the classroom. This is a very popular event and registration is necessary.
Tuesday: January 25, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $10 per person
What are accommodations and why should schools provide them? Are you confused about which apply to your child or worried if they are “fair”? Come and learn what you need to know about them to make important decisions when it comes to your child’s education.
Thursday: February 22, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m
Cost: $10 per person
for elementary through secondary regular and special education teachers, educational therapists and parents.
Too many times our children fall through the cracks of learning due to an inability to organize, prioritize, and structure assignments. This workshop provides useful strategies to keep a child “on-track” with homework assignments and projects. Study skill tools and activities will be presented in conjunction with organization strategies.
Friday: June 2, 2011
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: $135 (includes materials)
“PRACTICAL! I have strategies for every academic challenge.” Kristine Goossen.
^6 hrs applied towards a unit of teacher recertification credit.
Fundamental Learning Center provides a Literacy Intervention Specialist Preparation Program to intensively train parents, classroom teachers, reading specialists and educators who teach children in multi-tiered settings.
This program uses the Alphabetic Phonics curriculum as the core approach for teaching children who struggle significantly to learn to read.
Alphabetic Phonics originated at Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, Texas. It incorporates Orton-Gillingham theories of reading instruction and practice, using multisensory activities to link the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic senses.
All of workshops and courses incorporate the five components of reading instruction identified in NIH research:
1. phonological awareness
2. systematic and structured phonics
3. comprehension
4. fluency
5. vocabulary development
These components are essential to meet criteria requirements for the Reading First Initiative.
The curriculum is extremely comprehensive. It balances the many important aspects of language acquisition: listening, phonology, phonetic reading, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary development, handwriting, spelling, and written expression skills.
It extends from developing basic skills such as letter recognition to sophisticated levels of linguistic knowledge such as coding polysyllabic words after breaking them into syllables.
The structured, systematic, sequential lesson takes an hour to complete with 11 activities typically lasting 3-10 minutes each. Each daily new concept is taught through a discovery process that is both fun to teach as well as to learn.
Teacher education is intensive and demanding. It includes a minimum of 200 instructional hours at the Center followed by 700 hours of supervised practice with students. Teachers attend a two-week introductory course, a two-week advanced course the following year, and a final one week advanced-extension course the third year. In addition, two full day workshops are required for both the introductory and the advanced courses.
All course participants begin a 20-hour practicum experience. A total of 9 hours of graduate credit is available from Newman University for an additional fee.
Initial registration may be completed by mail, but an additional telephone registration/interview is required to complete the process.
Mon. – Fri.: Nov. 8 – 19, 2010
Mon. – Fri.: Feb. 28 – March 11, 2011
Mon. – Fri.: June 6 – 17, 2011
Additional Practicum Required.
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $1450 for tuition and supplies. $450 deposit required.
Requirements: Deadline for registration is 3 weeks before start of class. Bachelors degree from an accredited 4 year institution. Documentation includes a copy of transcripts, copy of degree, and three professional references. Completion of Advanced and Advanced Extension Level Courses required to become a candidate for certification.
“They should have taught me this in college; I am so much more prepared as a first year teacher.” Sally Holiday
A 30-hour course designed to introduce teachers of middle and high school age students who struggle to read and spell to a curriculum and strategies for developing these skills. The course provides instruction in the reliable reading patterns and spelling patterns and rules in the English language.
It also offers multisensory and discovery techniques for teaching reading and spelling skills.
Two hours of graduate pass/fail credit is available for the course from Newman University for an additional fee.
5 Fridays: Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, & Nov. 5, 2010
5 Fridays: Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, & 11, 2011
Mon. – Fri.: June 20 – 24, 2011
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $700 for tuition and supplies. $280 deposit required.
