The Balanced Literacy Approach:
Positive Communication and Literacy Outcomes for All Children
This workshop will describe the rationale and principles underlying the balanced literacy approach and how it can be applied to children with complex communication and learning needs. The balanced literacy approach ensures that schools provide children with daily opportunities to engage in four key areas of literacy learning: guided reading for vocabulary and language comprehension skills, word instruction for phonics and sight word skills, self-directed reading for learning to choose books and read for pleasure, and writing instruction for targeting written language skills. All of these are critical for children with disabilities to develop conventional reading and writing skills. Specific strategies and adaptations will be outlined. Multi-level activities, which can be implemented with all students in a classroom, will be highlighted, as will ideas for older students who are beginning readers.
This workshop will be highly relevant to teachers, speech-language therapists, occupational therapists, support staff, parents, and others who work with children with developmental disabilities (e.g., cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome).
Sally Clendon is a speech-language therapist and a consultant in the area of literacy for children with significant disabilities particularly those with complex communication needs. She is a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Literacy and Disability Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Sally has presented nationally and internationally. She has also consulted with various groups including working with companies to develop literacy programmes for children with severe disabilities and working with AAC device manufacturers to develop the language systems within their AAC devices. Sally is currently working with schools to implement a comprehensive approach to literacy instruction with their students.
Morning tea provided BYO lunch.
Cost: $60.00 per person, parents and whanau are free.
Invercargill – rescheduled from 16th April
Tues May 28th 2013, 9am – 3:30pm
Ministry Of Education
190 Forth Street
Invercargill 9840
Palmerston North
Tues September 3rd, 9am – 4pm
Massey University Turitea Site
Room AH3, Agr/Hort Lecture Theatre Block (F10 on map)
Tennant Drive, Palmerston North
All day (one entry/one exit) Parking cost $2 in Orchard Road Car Park or Bourke Road Car Park. Map here.
To register please select the appropriate form below e.g. school/organisation choose professional.
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cherye middleton
March 9, 2012 at 9:28 am (UTC 12) Link to this comment
I attended Sally’s course in Greymouth on Wednesday 7 March (this week).
Sally assured us we would be able to download the notes/power point from her presentation for sharing with colleagues on our return to work.
Please send notes or let me know how/where to access these.
Sally indicated they would be in the resources area of this website.
Thanks
It was very good PD thanks.
Cherye
admin
March 9, 2012 at 9:46 am (UTC 12) Link to this comment
Hi Cherye,
in the main navigation at the top of the page is a tab called resources, run your mouse over this and you will see course resources you will be able to access all course handouts from there.
Thanks
Anne Askey
June 19, 2012 at 12:19 pm (UTC 12) Link to this comment
I attended the first half of Sally’s course at Christchurch. The second half was snowed out. Is there any further word regarding making up this PD?
Anne
Paula
June 19, 2012 at 8:39 pm (UTC 12) Link to this comment
Hi Anne,
An email was sent out last week advising of the option we have available. if you did not receive this, please let me know. Thanks
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