Guest Speaker: Jordan Shurr, PH.D. - Associate Professor, Special Education, Central Michigan University. Professor Jordan has worked in special education as both a teacher and assistive technology consultant. Currently, he dedicates his time to teaching and research in special education with specific emphasis on students with significant disabilities.
Learn simple yet effective strategies to help your students with significant disabilities access and understand grade level texts. The Picture Plus Discussion (PPD) strategy systematically combines the use of discussion and photos to help students with disabilities comprehend grad-level texts.
Specific topics will include: benefits, uses, and strategies for the PPD intervention as well as research-based strategies for comprehension assessment. Participants will have an opportunity to create materials and practice the intervention.
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There is NO CHARGE for this workshop.
Audience: Teachers, paraeducators, school counselore, psychologists, administrators, speech & language pathologists, parents and any interested attendees
ACT 48 hours available - 5 Hours
Registration Deadline - March 1, 2018
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