Description

Students with dyslexia and related language-learning difficulties often struggle to express themselves in writing. Sentences are meaning bearers of language, and research indicates that systematic sentence instruction improves the quantity and quality of children’s text-level writing. This interactive workshop provides an overview of structured, theme-centered strategies for developing sentence-level writing in ways that will then enable students to produce compelling and elaborated text-level writing, with richer sentences at the base of their writing.

Learning Objectives:

• HANDWRITING/WRITTEN LANGUAGE: Identify effective practices and strategies for written language.
• TEACHING/INSTRUCTION/INTERVENTION: Examine effective practices for developing writing skills.

Disclosure: Charles Haynes and Leslie Laud have authored publications that will be presented in the presentation, royalties are received from these publications. It is recommended that participants purchase these publications but it will not be required. No relevant nonfinancial relationships exist.

Speaker(s):

• Charles W. Haynes, EdD., CCC-SLP, Professor, Clinical Supervisor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
• Leslie Laud, M.A., Ed.D., Director, thinkSRSD