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Welcome to the Spring 2007 NCBIDA Newsletter.
The Northern California Branch of
The International Dyslexia Association (NCBIDA)
in partnership with Schwab Learning  presents
May 12 EventComprehension
The Ultimate Goal of Reading
with Suzanne Carreker
| When: | Saturday, May 12, 2007, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon (registration starts 8:30 am) |
| Where: | Nueva School, 6565 Skyline Boulevard, Hillsborough, CA
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| Cost: | $30 students, $40 NCBIDA members, $50 nonmembers ($55 walk-in)
Continental breakfast is provided |
In addition to efficient decoding skills, comprehension requires fluency, a strong vocabulary, a broad knowledge base, and critical thinking skills. This workshop will provide research-based strategies and instructional tools that can be used to help students improve their comprehension and teach them to "think about their thinking" as they read. Sample lesson plans designed to improve comprehension of narrative and expository text, poetry, graphs, and news articles will be presented. Educators will leave with practical activities that they can immediately use in their classrooms.
Suzanne Carreker is a Certified Academic Language Therapist and Director of Program Development at Neuhaus Education Center, which has offered professional development in scientifically based reading methods to over 36,000 teachers since its inception in 1980. Ms. Carreker frequently speaks at regional and national conferences, has authored multisensory curricula, and consults nationally.
Register for this event
SPECIAL AFTERNOON SIMULATION WORKSHOP: 1:15 to 3:15 pm
Please join us for NCBIDA's popular Put Yourself in the Shoes of a Person with Dyslexia simulation workshop after the Carreker event, also at Nueva School. In this workshop, participants experience some of the challenges and frustrations faced by people with dyslexia, allowing them to better support individuals with this language-based learning disability in their personal and professional lives.
Educators, educators-in-training, school-related professionals, parents, and community members welcome. $5 NCBIDA members, $10 nonmembers, students FREE. Space is limited.
Register for the simulation workshop
Students please register by sending an email with your full name, school, and email address to office@dyslexia-ncbida.org
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