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Sate Capitol Highland Lakes Canyon of the Eagles Clarksville
8:30 am -
9:00 am Registration
ESC Region 13 Main Lobby
9:00 am -
9:15 am Welcome
9:15 am -
10:30 am Keynote Address: The Revised Dyslexia Handbook
Virginia Gonzalez
10:45 am -
12:05 pm
Session 1
Section 504 Hot
Topics and Updates
Mary Durheim
Making Morphology
More Meaningful
Perry Stokes
Speech, Language &
Literacy: The Critical
Connection
Jamie Putnam
Considerations for
Serving ELL Students
Katharine Muller
12:05 pm -
12:45 pm Catered Lunch
12:45 pm -
2:15 pm
Session 2
Planning and
Supporting Reading
Instruction with
Secondary Content
Classes
Judy Butler
Speech, Language &
Literacy: The Critical
Connection
Jamie Putnam
Social/Emotional
Issues of Twice
Exceptional Students
Janet Newton
2:15 pm -
2:30 pm Break
2:30 pm -
3:50 pm
Session 3
Section 504 Hot
Topics and Updates
Mary Durheim
Making Morphology
More Meaningful
Perry Stokes
Social/Emotional
Issues of Twice
Exceptional Students
Janet Newton
3:50 pm -
4:00 pm Vendor Door Prize Drawing (Vendor Hall)
Dyslexia Conference Schedule
Lost Pines Enchanted Rock/
Laguna Gloria
Barton Springs
(3rd Floor)
Rosewood/McKinney
Falls (3rd Floor)
Registration
ESC Region 13 Main Lobby
Many thanks to the San Marcos Civic Foundation for their generous support of teacher professional
development!
Strategy-Based
Instruction for
Learning Basic
Math Facts
JC Sanders
Tech Tips for
Struggling Readers
and Writers
Nichole Kertis
The Very Important
Dyslexia Handbook
FAQs
Susan Patteson
Catered Lunch
Appropriate
Accommodations for
the Classroom and for
Assessment
JC Sanders
Tech Tips for
Struggling Readers
and Writers
Nichole Kertis
Part 1: Early Literacy
Activities for Learning
Drenda Haddock
Part 1: Successful
Strategies for Reading
Comprehension
Lynn Hoover
Break
Appropriate
Accommodations for
the Classroom and for
Assessment
JC Sanders
From Loathing it to
Loving it: Changing
Student’s Attitudes
about Reading
Matt Sauthoff
Part 2: Early Literacy
Activities for Learning
Drenda Haddock
Part 2: Successful
Strategies for Reading
Comprehension
Lynn Hoover
Vendor Door Prize Drawing (Vendor Hall)
Dyslexia Conference 2014
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
VIRGINIA GONZALEZ
THE REVISED DYSLEXIA HANDBOOK
Virginia Gonzalez, the State Dyslexia
Consultant, will provide information on the
development of the newly revised State
Dyslexia Handbook , and highlight the most
important guidance in her keynote address.
Session Descriptions APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE
CLASSROOM AND FOR ASSESSMENT
JC SANDERS
Lost Pines
Oral administration, highlighter, preferential
seating? There has to be more appropriate
accommodations for students with dyslexia than
just the more common "go to" accommodations. In
this session participants will explore a range of
accommodations that help students bypass their
disability to access the general curriculum. We will
also identify which accommodations can be used
on the state assessment.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR SERVING ELL
STUDENTS
KATHARINE MULLER
Clarksville
This session will review guidance on Dyslexia
services for English Language Learners from the
new State Dyslexia Handbook and will provide an
in-depth look at the specific considerations and
documentation needed for referral, eligibility and
service decisions. Participants will also receive
access to an electronic document template to
assist in planning support options for ELL students.
EARLY LITERACY ACTIVITIES FOR
LEARNING, K-2
DRENDA HADDOCK
Barton Springs
Participants will observe and practice proven
strategies and activities to help young students
learn! Methods to learn the alphabet, to
distinguish between vowels and consonants, to
practice phonological activities, to practice
manuscript and cursive, to successfully spell, and
more will be covered.
FROM LOATHING IT TO LOVING IT: CHANGING
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES ABOUT READING
MATT SAUTHOFF
Enchanted Rock/Laguna Gloria
Equipped with the right tools, students with
dyslexia can now read successfully on the Internet,
on Apple iOS and Android devices, on MP3
players, and on computers. This session will
explain how students with dyslexia can benefit
from Bookshare, the world’s largest online library
of accessible ebooks for people with print
disabilities, and how Texas educators, parents and
students can access Bookshare’s free on the
ground training and support.
MAKING MORPHOLOGY MORE MEANINGFUL
PERRY STOKES
Highland Lakes
This presentation will underscore the importance
of instructing students in skillful structural analysis
via discovery-based, experiential learning methods.
Students are far more likely to remember content
area vocabulary comprised of Latin and Greek
roots and affixes if they can access them via
personally relevant learning activities. Attendees
will learn a discovery-based instructional strategy
useful to morphology instruction as well as receive
an inventory of the most common morphemes
critical for comprehension of content area
materials.
PLANNING AND SUPPORTING READING
INSTRUCTION WITH SECODARY CONTENT
CLASSES
JUDY BUTLER
Highland Lakes
Secondary students need opportunities to apply
the reading skills they have learned within their
dyslexia intervention classes. They also need access
to text that will help them develop their ability to
decode and comprehend grade level text.
Participants will explore a model for shared lesson
planning with content teachers that deepens
content learning and explicitly teaches structural
analysis of vocabulary words, vocabulary meaning,
and comprehension strategies. Participants will
walk through a lesson plan (also available as an
electronic document) and receive resources that
aid in appropriate types of text choices based on
students’ abilities.
SECTION 504 HOT TOPICS AND UPDATES
MARY DURHEIM
State Capitol
This session will address frequently asked
questions on Section 504 compliance, and updates
as well as issues with Dyslexia compliance. The
newly updated TEA handbook on Dyslexia and how
Section 504 continues to impact the
implementation of the state Dyslexia law will also
be discussed.
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL ISSUES OF TWICE
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS
JANET NEWTON
Clarksville
There is no general profile of a twice-exceptional
learner. All twice-exceptional learners are gifted
learners. However, these children’s giftedness
interplays with one or more disability, including
dyslexia. In reality, these students are dealing with
the clash between asynchronous cognitive and
affective development. According to the Texas
State for the Education of Gifted/Talented
Students, equity in G/T education exists when "the
population of the total district is reflected in the
population of the gifted/talented services program.
“This session will provide an awareness of the law
supporting the gifted student while exploring the
social and emotional issues encountered regularly.
Session Descriptions Continued
SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND LITERACY: THE
CRITICAL CONNECTION
JAMIE PUTNAM
Canyon of the Eagles
Participants will understand and recognize the
profile of a child with speech and language
disorders, understand how speech and language
disorders impact literacy learning, understand the
connection between spoken and written language,
and help parents and educators understand the
language basis of literacy.
STRATEGY-BASED INSTRUCTION FOR
LEARNING BASIC MATH FACTS
JC SANDERS
Lost Pines
Memorization is not an option for all students nor
does it foster number sense, flexible thinking, or
math reasoning. Strategy instruction for basic
math facts can help students build flexible thinking
and number sense that will transfer into math
reasoning in later grades and more advanced math
classes. In this session teachers will learn some of
the strategies students can use to master their
math facts.
TECHNOLOGY TIPS FOR STRUGGLING READERS
AND WRITERS!
NICHOLE KERTIS
Enchanted Rock/Laguna Gloria
Do you need a few more tools and ideas for how
to meet the needs of ALL your students, especially
those who struggle with reading and writing? In
this hands-on workshop we will explore a variety of
free or low cost technology tools and
accommodations that will make a huge impact on
teaching and learning (and are aligned to STAAR
and STAAR A allowables). Whether novice or
advanced, iOS or Chromebook, you will leave with
solutions for your students.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF READING: HELPING
STUDENTS DEVELOP SUCCESSFUL
STRATEGIES FOR READING COMPREHENSION
LYNN HOOVER
Rosewood/McKinney Falls
Research based strategies and activities will be
shared to help students develop metacognitive
strategies to be successful with classroom reading
material. Students who struggle with
comprehension often have difficulty with working
memory and lack strategies to better comprehend
reading assignments. This session will include
activities to assist students in developing
comprehension strategies through explicit,
systematic instruction and modeling.
THE VERY IMPORTANT FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF THE DYSLEXIA
HANDBOOK—REVISED
SUSAN PATTESON
Barton Springs
The Frequently Asked Questions and Answers in
the Appendix of The Dyslexia Handbook provide
important guidance in understanding the
differences in assessment and instruction in
general education and special education and
common questions that parents pose to teachers
and schools. The 2014 Dyslexia Handbook revision
also addresses teacher professional development,
fidelity of instructional delivery, and monitoring of
student progress in more detail than previous
handbooks. Susan Patteson will facilitate
participants’ discussions.
Session Descriptions Continued
JUDY BUTLER
Education Specialist, ESC Region 13
Judy Butler, is an Education Specialist with ESC
Region 13, providing professional development for
teachers and administrators serving students with
dyslexia. She is a TEA Certified Special Education
and Master Reading Teacher, and is a certified
Wilson Reading System Trainer and Instructor. She
has worked in public and private schools serving
students with a wide range of disabilities,
Grades 1-12.
MARY DURHEIM, B.S.
Educational Consultant
Ms. Durheim is a past national president of
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). Mary was
appointed by Governor’s Bush and Perry to the
Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities. In
March of 2012, Governor Perry appointed Mary to
the position of chair of the Texas Council for
Developmental Disabilities. Ms. Durheim presents
workshops and trainings statewide, nationally and
internationally on AD/HD, Section 504, behavior,
and special education issues. Mary is also a trained
mediator, Section 504 hearing officer, and behavior
strategist and works with districts in developing
forms and procedures on RtI, Section 504 and
dyslexia.
DRENDA HADDOCK, M.Ed., LDT, CALT-QI
Director, Rawson Saunders Institute
Drenda Haddock is one of the Directors of the
Rawson Saunders Institute in Austin. She has over
45 years experience in the field of education.
Drenda is a Certified Academic Language Therapist
and a Qualified Instructor in Academic Language
Therapy. She has been instructing teachers for over
13 years.
LYNN HOOVER, M.Ed., LDT, CALT-QI
Director of Programs, Rawson Saunders Institute
Lynn Hoover is the Director of Programs at the
Rawson Saunders Institute in Austin. She has over
25 years of experience as a special educator. Lynn
completed Neuhaus Education Center’s Therapist
Certification Program and is a Qualified Instructor
of Academic Language Therapists. Lynn has been
involved in teacher education in the Austin Area for
over 15 years.
NICHOLE KERTIS
Education Specialist, ESC Region 13
Nichole Kertis is an occupational therapist with
over 15 years of school-based experience. She is
currently the Education Specialist for Related
Services and Assistive Technology at ESC Region
13. Nichole presents regionally and at statewide
conferences on topics related to best practices in
assistive technology and in school-based therapy
services.
KATHARINE MULLER
Education Specialist, ESC Region 13
Katharine Muller is a Bilingual Evaluation/Dyslexia
and Data Specialist with ESC Region 13. She is a
certified Educational Diagnostician and Bilingual
teacher as well as an experienced district-level
administrator for special programs including
Dyslexia services.
JANET NEWTON
Education Specialist, ESC Region 13
Janet Newton is an Educational Specialist for ESC
Region 13, providing professional development for
teachers and administrators serving Gifted and
Talented students.
Presenter Bios
SUSAN PATTESON, M.Ed., LDT, CALT
Project Coordinator, ESC Region 13
Susan Patteson received a Master’s in Education, is
a Licensed Dyslexia Therapist, a Certified Academic
Language Therapist, and is a certified Wilson
Reading System trainer and instructor. She is
certified through the State Board of Educator
Certifications as a school administrator and is
certified in the areas of elementary education,
secondary reading, special education, ELL, and
Master Reading Teacher. She has worked in public
schools and in adult education serving in the
capacity of teacher, interventionist, therapist, and
district administrator. Susan currently works with
teacher certification trainings and outreach with a
specialization in reading and dyslexia as well as
with NCLB Highly Qualified credentialing guidance.
JAMIE PUTNAM
CCC/Speech and Language Pathologist
Jamie Putnam received her Master’s degree in
Communication Sciences and Disorders from Texas
State University. Jamie is owner and Clinic Director
of Capital Area Speech and Occupational Therapy
since 1988. For over 25 years she and her clinical
team have delivered therapy in the Round Rock
ISD area for patients PreK through high school, as
well as neonatal intensive care and adult patients
at Seton Hospital.
JC SANDERS
Education Specialist, ESC Region 13
JC Sanders is an Education Specialist on the Access
to the General Curriculum team at ESC Region 13.
JC has experience working with students with
disabilities from 1st grade through 8th grade. She
has worked as a research associate on the
development of Tier 2 Mathematics Intervention
for struggling students in 3rd and 4th grade. Her
past experience as a collaborative teacher, resource
teacher, math teacher, department chair, and
curriculum developer helps her work with teachers
and administrators to address the needs of all
students.
MATT SAUTHOFF
Outreach Coordinator, Bookshare
After receiving a B.A. in Psychology from Baylor
University and his M.Ed. In Special Education from
Vanderbilt University, Matt taught students with a
variety of special needs at the elementary and
middle school levels. While teaching, he
developed a passion for using technology to help
students with special needs learn and thrive. He
joined the Accessible Books for Texas team in 2011
and now provides training in instruction in
accessible instructional materials (AIM) and
Bookshare to Texas ESC Regions 6, 7, 12, 13, 18, 19,
, and 20.
PERRY D. STOKES
CALT Supervisor, Rawson-Saunders Institute
Mr. Stokes received a BA from the University of
Texas at Austin, a Special Education Teaching
Certification from ESC Region 13, a Masters Degree
in Special Education, and is Certified as an
Academic Language Therapist. Mr. Stokes has 15
years experience teaching in the Central Texas Area
and 7 years experience as a CALT and Classroom
Teacher at the Rawson Saunders School.
Presenter Bios Continued
Bookshare
Matt Sauthoff
Developmental Studies Center
Janet Wells
Follett
Bonnie Admundson
Kurzweil-firefly: Audio Optical Systems
Steve Brookins
Learning Ally
Rheaa Thompson
McGraw Hill Education
Claudia Miranda
Okapi Educational Publishing
Janet Wells
Texas Educational Solutions
Betsy Sapienza
Corporate Sponsor Information
Thank you for joining us today!
For more information, please contact Judy Butler at 512.919.5158 or [email protected]
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