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Training & Outreach

Key Training and Outreach provides educators, parents, and community members the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of students who have a written language disorder, such as dyslexia. Topics may be selected from our professional development and outreach menu or designed to meet the unique needs of the audience.

Please reach out to us at training@ksfw.org, to schedule one of the sessions below or ask about a personalized training session for your team.

Speaker fees apply. Presentations can be done onsite at Key School or at your location.

Scholarship opportunities available.

DYSLEXIA SIMULATION

DESCRIPTION: What is it like to have dyslexia? Participants will rotate through a series of six learning stations which simulate language-related tasks that may be encountered in a classroom or workplace. The simulation, utilizing the Experience Dyslexia© kit published by the Northern California Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, allows the participants to experience some of the frustrations and challenges faced by people with language-based learning disabilities.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Parents, Teachers, School Administrators

DOES MY CHILD HAVE DYSLEXIA?

DESCRIPTION: This informative session designed for parents will review the characteristics, including early risk factors, of dyslexia and what to do if you suspect your child may have dyslexia or another language-based learning disability. The referral and evaluation process required by federal statutes in the public schools will be reviewed briefly, as well as where to attain a private psycho-educational evaluation.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Parents

MULTISENSORY, STRUCTURED LANGUAGE STRATEGIES IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM

DESCRIPTION: Texas Education Code §38.003 states that “each school district shall provide for the treatment of any student determined to have dyslexia or a related disorder.” What is meant by “treatment”? This session will review the components and delivery of instruction from State guidance, provide an overview of multisensory, structured language intervention (MSL), and discuss ways to support students with dyslexia in the general education classroom based on the strategies of MSL.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Public and Charter School Teachers and Administrators

MULTISENSORY TEACHING TOOLBOX: BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS WITH ALL LEARNERS

DESCRIPTION: This training reviews the components of multisensory, structured language instruction and provides practical examples of multisensory teaching to help therapists, teachers, and parents provide opportunities for student success in reading, writing, and content area subjects.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Teachers (General and Special Education), Academic Language Therapists, Parents