November 2019
Rx for Reading
This lecture and laboratory workshop is designed to train educators, resource teachers, and homeschool parents to provide reading intervention in a group setting. Rx for Reading takes the five essential components of reading – phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension , which we call “strands of language” into a language brain that is comprehensive, constructive, and creative. This course systematically teaches participants the methodology to develop these components. The participant will learn to identify and assess student…
Find out more »January 2020
Rx for Writing
This two-day lecture and laboratory workshop is designed to train teachers to provide written language intervention in a group setting. Rx for Writing is specifically intended for students in grades 4-12 whose basic written expression skills are below expected standards. Rx for Writing builds and strengthens grammar and writing mechanics, semantics, syntax, and composition writing skills with an emphasis on the writing process. Language and higher-level thinking skills are developed and supported in this interactive, small-group intervention that covers research-based writing…
Find out more »February 2020
Rx 4 Math
This is a lecture and laboratory workshop designed to train teachers to provide mathematical intervention in a group setting. Rx 4 Math is specifically intended for students in grades K-5 who would benefit from early intervention or whose basic math skills are below expected standards as determined by a local educational agency. Rx 4 Math will build and strengthen number sense, math fluency, math vocabulary, and problem solving strategies within three 30-minute or two 45-minute weekly small group sessions.…
Find out more »April 2020
NILD Canada Online Conference 2020
20/20 Vision: Enhancing Cognitive Skills for Maximum Learning We are excited to announce our first ever ONLINE conference! We will be offering both LIVE and pre-recorded sessions. We hope that you enjoy this new format, whether you live here in Canada or are somewhere else in the world. As we approach this new decade, we anticipate the growth of educational neuroscience and its implications in our classrooms and therapy sessions. The theme for our 2020 conference reminds us that by…
Find out more »Rx for Reading
This lecture and laboratory workshop is designed to train educators, resource teachers, and homeschool parents to provide reading intervention in a group setting. Rx for Reading takes the five essential components of reading – phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension , which we call “strands of language” into a language brain that is comprehensive, constructive, and creative. This course systematically teaches participants the methodology to develop these components. The participant will learn to identify and assess student…
Find out more »May 2020
Rx 4 Math II
This lecture and laboratory workshop is designed to train classroom teachers, educational therapists and homeschool parents to provide mathematical intervention for students in Grades 6-8. Rx 4 Math II student sessions are either one-on-one or in small group settings for 45 minutes, twice a week. This workshop will enable the educator to facilitate deeper mathematical thinking for students by understanding how to strengthen students’ conceptual understanding, computational fluency, and mathematical reasoning skills by developing self-regulation and cognitive functions through…
Find out more »June 2020
Rx for Writing
This two-day lecture and laboratory workshop is designed to train teachers to provide written language intervention in a group setting. Rx for Writing is specifically intended for students in grades 4-12 whose basic written expression skills are below expected standards. Rx for Writing builds and strengthens grammar and writing mechanics, semantics, syntax, and composition writing skills with an emphasis on the writing process. Language and higher-level thinking skills are developed and supported in this interactive, small-group intervention that covers research-based writing…
Find out more »NILD Educational Therapy Level I, II, & III Course | Online!
Check out this video where Jon and others explain what it's like to be an NILD Educational Therapist. Learn our methodology of NILD Educational Therapy which offers hope to struggling learners. This year, the NILD courses consist of four weeks of online work followed by one week of digital residency. DATES Our Level I, II, and III courses will be offered on the same dates, but as separate courses. Part 1: Online | June 22 - July 17, 2020…
Find out more »August 2020
FIE Standard I | Online!
Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) is an intervention program that enhances the cognitive skills necessary for independent thinking and learning. This unique educational method combines specially designed instruments and mediation in order to identify and enhance an individual’s learning potential. IE Standard consists of 14 instruments that can be used in a classroom or workplace setting, with small groups of targeted learners, and as a one-to-one therapeutic intervention. In FIE Standard I participants will receive training in the theoretical basis…
Find out more »September 2020
Rx 4 Math | ONLINE!
This is a lecture and laboratory workshop designed to train teachers to provide mathematical intervention in a group setting. Rx 4 Math is specifically intended for students in grades K-5 who would benefit from early intervention or whose basic math skills are below expected standards as determined by a local educational agency. Rx 4 Math will build and strengthen number sense, math fluency, math vocabulary, and problem solving strategies within three 30-minute or two 45-minute weekly small group sessions.…
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