3D Bridge From Phonemic Awareness to Reading
CATT-OG invites you to join Mary-Margaret Scholtens and Kelly Fowler from The APPLE Group, Inc. on Saturday November 6th, 2021 at 9:00am (PST) for a two hour workshop that adds a new level to any OG/MSL approach by teaching in three dimensions.
Manipulatives aren’t just for teaching initial consonants anymore. Learn how to teach all levels of phonemic awareness, even spelling and reading rules in 3D-the way dyslexics think. This workshop shows other multisensory ways to teach the brain.
This is a HANDS-ON webinar: Participants registered for the workshop will receive a bag containing manipulatives you will be instructed to use throughout the workshop.
**ADDENDUM**Due high demand for this workshop and limited number of bags with manipulatives we have increased the capacity on this workshop. HOWEVER, only the first 50 registrants will receive bags of manipulatives, and they are ALL now taken.
The recorded version of the webinar will be available for 2 weeks after the event.
Mary-Margaret Scholtens is the co-founder and Executive Director of The APPLE Group, Inc., which has provided OG-based training since 1997. She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education/reading diagnosis and remediation and a master’s degree in reading. She is the co-author of Connections: OG in 3D, a multisensory, structured, sequential, science-based reading curriculum for dyslexia intervention and structured literacy classroom curriculum. Her training was commended by IDA, earning an IDA university accreditation. She is a member of the Evidence Based Reading Instruction Advisory Team, "made up of national experts who are focused on improving the reading outcomes of students nationwide by embedding the systematic and scientific-based reading instruction throughout our education system."; She has worked in Arkansas to help pass several science of reading laws in 2013, 2015, and 2017. She serves on the Advisory Board of the International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction, the Executive Committee of the Coalition for Reading Excellence, and is the 2016 National Right to Read Foundation Patrick Groff Teacher of the Year recipient for her work in evidence-based, structured literacy.
Kelly Fowler is a Certified Dyslexia Therapist and a Qualified Instructor of Connections: OG in 3D. After earning a degree in elementary education and beginning her teaching career, she was chosen to begin training as a Certified Academic Language Therapist through LEAD in 1997. She has over 4000 hours of experience in dyslexia therapy. Kelly is an expert in school-based dyslexia therapy and whole class science-based reading instruction. She is the instructor of several courses at The APPLE Group in Jonesboro, Arkansas, where she serves as the Director of Outreach and Training, in addition to her busy private practice in dyslexia therapy and testing. Kelly is the co-author of the APPLE Group Dyslexia Screener. She presents workshops both locally and nationally on themes related to dyslexia, phonological awareness, and the science of reading. She works closely with school districts and universities who are working to implement science-based reading, and with parents as an advocate for dyslexia.
