Decoding Dyslexia-UT is excited to announce that Utah has the opportunity to start building capacity in the number of educators who have extensive training in providing Tier 3 intervention services in reading. This comes from funding DD-UT lobbing efforts with support from Senator Millner. In response to these funds, Utah State Board of Education (USBE) has been able to partner with the Dyslexia Training Institute and the Neuhaus Education Center to offer online and face-to-face courses to educators who are interested in earning their Reading Interventionist Endorsement. These offerings meet the requirements for the Tier 3 course for such endorsement.
The legislative funding allows for about 50 educators to participate in this course for no cost. Participants will have to agree to completing the coursework successfully as well as continuing to stay in education in Utah for the next four years.
Here is just a brief highlight of the two options:
OPTION 1—100% ONLINE COURSE WITH THE DYSLEXIA TRAINING INSTITUTE (21 SPOTS AVAILABLE)
Participants have access to the course content 24 hours a day/7 days a week for the
duration of the course. Participants fit the course work into their schedule. Coursework is
instructor-led so feedback and answers to questions will always be provided on a timely
basis.
DTI developed the online certification program to:
•Provide accurate information about dyslexia and effective remediation practices to those
who educate and interact with individuals with dyslexia and related reading disabilities
•Provide training to education professionals in effective remediation so more
individuals with dyslexia have access to appropriate remediation
•Provide an online format for training so more individuals have access to learn what
dyslexia is and how to effectively remediate it
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
OPTION 2—HYBRID (mix of face-to-face and online) COURSE WITH THE NEUHAUS EDUCATION CENTER (30 spots available)
The coursework and activities for the Literacy Interventionist Preparation Program thoroughly encompasses: reading assessment, phonology and phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, written composition, and grammar.
Upon completion of the program, the Literacy Interventionist candidate will demonstrate competency in:
· The processing requirements foundational to learning to read and write
· The structure of the English language and the importance of this knowledge to literacy development
· The underlying causes of reading failure
· Formal and informal assessment and uses of assessment for formative and summative evaluation of literacy development
· Effective teaching practices for all components of literacy development
· Ethical standards for teachers of literacy
Please share this information with interested educators. For those who would like to learn more or sign-up to participate, please have them email me atJennifer.throndsen@schools.utah.gov. Registration will be based on a first-come, first-served basis. Courses will begin in November and conclude in May/June.
Jennifer Throndsen
PreK-12 Literacy & Library Media Coordinator
Utah State Board of Education
The legislative funding allows for about 50 educators to participate in this course for no cost. Participants will have to agree to completing the coursework successfully as well as continuing to stay in education in Utah for the next four years.
Here is just a brief highlight of the two options:
OPTION 1—100% ONLINE COURSE WITH THE DYSLEXIA TRAINING INSTITUTE (21 SPOTS AVAILABLE)
Participants have access to the course content 24 hours a day/7 days a week for the
duration of the course. Participants fit the course work into their schedule. Coursework is
instructor-led so feedback and answers to questions will always be provided on a timely
basis.
DTI developed the online certification program to:
•Provide accurate information about dyslexia and effective remediation practices to those
who educate and interact with individuals with dyslexia and related reading disabilities
•Provide training to education professionals in effective remediation so more
individuals with dyslexia have access to appropriate remediation
•Provide an online format for training so more individuals have access to learn what
dyslexia is and how to effectively remediate it
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
OPTION 2—HYBRID (mix of face-to-face and online) COURSE WITH THE NEUHAUS EDUCATION CENTER (30 spots available)
The coursework and activities for the Literacy Interventionist Preparation Program thoroughly encompasses: reading assessment, phonology and phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, written composition, and grammar.
Upon completion of the program, the Literacy Interventionist candidate will demonstrate competency in:
· The processing requirements foundational to learning to read and write
· The structure of the English language and the importance of this knowledge to literacy development
· The underlying causes of reading failure
· Formal and informal assessment and uses of assessment for formative and summative evaluation of literacy development
· Effective teaching practices for all components of literacy development
· Ethical standards for teachers of literacy
Please share this information with interested educators. For those who would like to learn more or sign-up to participate, please have them email me atJennifer.throndsen@schools.utah.gov. Registration will be based on a first-come, first-served basis. Courses will begin in November and conclude in May/June.
Jennifer Throndsen
PreK-12 Literacy & Library Media Coordinator
Utah State Board of Education
Our Goals
Decoding Dyslexia Utah is a grassroots movement driven by Utah families concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities within our public schools. We aim to raise dyslexia awareness, empower families to support their children and inform policy-makers on best practices to identify, remediate and support students with dyslexia in Utah public schools. Decoding Dyslexia Utah is a 501.3.c non-profit.
We are advocating for Utah to implement
- Universal definition and understanding of “Dyslexia” in the state education code
- Teacher training on dyslexia, it's warning signs and appropriate intervention strategies
- Early screening tests for dyslexia
- Dyslexia remediation programs, which can be accessed by both general and special education populations
- Access to appropriate “assistive technologies” in the public school setting for students with dyslexia
You are your child’s best advocate, if not you, then who? Become an informed, educated parent.
~ Marianne Russo, The Coffee Klatch
~ Marianne Russo, The Coffee Klatch