NSSLHA Presents: Building the Brain for Reading & Writing: Using Speech to Print, Connectionist Word Study Instruction
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jan Wasowicz, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Program Summary:
Word study is instruction that gets students thinking about, talking
about, and using knowledge and skill with the sounds, letters, and
meanings of words to read and write. When done properly, word
study instruction has proven to increase students’ decoding, reading
fluency, reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and writing
performance. In this workshop, you’ll increase your understanding
of spelling and word-level reading as language-based skills that
draw upon phonological awareness, orthographic knowledge,
vocabulary knowledge and semantic awareness, morphological
awareness and knowledge, and long-term storage and retrieval of
words. You’ll become familiar with key differences in brain
activity during reading in normal vs. impaired readers. You’ll also
understand the differences between traditional phonics/print to
speech, developmental stage models of instruction vs. current
speech to print, connectionist models of word study. With this
knowledge, you’ll understand the importance of using a speech-toprint
connectionist and meta-cognitive approach to word study to
improve students’ written language skills. Through hands-on
activities, you’ll explore and hone your skill in the core areas of
word study that must be explicitly taught to your students. In the
end, you’ll have specific methods and activities that you can
immediately use with your students.
ACT48 Credits Available
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West Chester University
Conference Services
13/15 University Ave.
West Chester, PA 19383