News Date:
03/31/2011
Hindman, KY--Susan Barton, the founder of Bright Solutions for Dyslexia and one of America's leading dyslexia experts, will conduct a professional development seminar in Hindman on Monday, May 23 from 6-9 pm at the Hindman United Methodist Church. The event, sponsored by Hindman Settlement School, is free and open to the public.
Barton has developed the Barton Reading & Spelling System, a 10-level system of teaching reading using the Orton-Gillingham methodology. The Barton Reading & Spelling System teaches people from all walks of life how to tutor people with dyslexia. Hindman Settlement School uses the Barton Reading & Spelling System with some of the students in its Summer School and in the Reading Lab Partnership with Knott County Schools.
“Learners with dyslexia struggle with language and it’s related to how the brain is wired,” said Ola Pigman, Director of the Settlement School’s Dyslexia Program. “Our goal is to help parents and teachers identify and work with students who have dyslexia at an early age so they become more successful in their learning experience,” she said.
Susan Barton is trained in seven different Orton-Gillingham-based programs and teaches several graduate-level courses through the University of San Diego.
Register for the free program. For more information, contact the Settlement School at 606.785.4044.
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Who should attend? · Parents who are trying to determine if dyslexia is their child's issue, or who know it is and need to understand all the areas that it will impact, including math and memorization · Teachers who don't understand why children who can't master spelling and struggle with reading don't qualify for special education services · Reading Specialists who need to know how to informally identify which of their struggling readers may have dyslexia – and what to do to help them · Principals who want to start early intervention programs to achieve the goal of No Child Left Behind – that every student is reading at grade level by the end of third grade · Resource Specialists who need to know how to close the gap for students who have a learning disability School Psychologists who want to learn to distinguish dyslexia from other learning disabilities · Speech Language Therapists who are often the first specialists to work with dyslexic children because of their difficulty articulating R's and L's, M's and N's, and S, SH and CH · Pediatricians who are often asked by parents to test their children for dyslexia · Counselors and Psychologists who often deal with the lifelong emotional damage that undetected dyslexia and academic failure causes |
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