
Diebold Educational Consulting
Diebold Educational Consulting
Helping Educators ... Help Students ... Who Struggle
Helping Educators ... Help Students ... Who Struggle
Literacy Skills Workshop Descriptions
Literacy Skills Workshop Descriptions

Foundational Literacy Skills Instruction
For Students Who Are Performing Below Grade-Level Expectations
Appropriate for Title 1 & General Education
- Learn Why Students Struggle to Read, Write & Spell
- Simulate the Three Common Types of Reading Problems
- Identify the Ten Critical Elements for Literacy Skills Assessment & Instruction Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary & Comprehension Syllable Type, Grammar, Morphology, Syntax & Semantics
- Practice Assessment & Intervention Strategies
- Construct Assessment & Intervention Tools
- Link the Common Core Standards and NRP Report to Instructional Planning
- Review Effective, Evidence-Based Methods & Materials for Intervention

Understanding Dyslexia
An Introduction to Effective Intervention
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists, Title 1 & General Education
- Learn the Neurological Basis for Dyslexia
- Simulate Dyslexia & Dysgraphia
- Identify the Six Syllable Types of English that De-Mystify Phonics
- Practice Syllable Division Rules for Multi-Syllable Word Attack & Morphology
- Construct Phoneme Cards for Assessment & Instructional Activities
- Review the Instructional Principles & Activities of the Orton-Gillingham Method
- Build a Sample Lesson Plan Following the Orton-Gillingham Format

Survey of Structured Programs for Dyslexia Grades K-3
Recommended Prerequisite Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists & Title 1 Tutors
- Review the Critical Structures of English That Must Be Addressed
- Review the Principles of Multi-Sensory Instruction
- Review Evidence-Based, Structured, Multi-Sensory Programs for Grades K-3
- Compare the Scope & Sequence of Various Structured Programs (Tiers 1-3)
- Learn How to Integrate Strategies from Various Structured Programs
- Identify Effective Strategies for Progress Monitoring
Programs Reviewed - Phonics for Reading, SPIRE, Phonics First, Wilson Fundations, Process Phonics, Stevenson Language Skills & more

Survey of Structured Programs for Dyslexia Grades 4-12
Recommended Prerequisite Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists & Adult Literacy Tutors
Review the Critical Structures of English That Must Be Addressed
- Review the Principles of Multi-Sensory Instruction
- Review a Variety of Structured, Multi-Sensory Programs for Grades 4-12
- Compare the Scope & Sequence of Various Structured Programs (Tiers 1-3)
- Learn How to Integrate Strategies from Various Structured Programs
- Identify Effective Strategies for Progress Monitoring
Programs Reviewed - Patterns for Success, REWARDS, Language!, Corrective Reading, Wilson Reading System, Words, Stevenson Overlapping & more

Literacy Skills Instruction for Students with Language or Cognitive Deficits
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists (including hearing impairments & autism)
Also Appropriate for ELL Tutors
Learn the Perceptual Model of Literacy Skills Development
- Simulate Vision-Based, Decoding-Based & Language-Based Reading Problems
- Review the 6 Syllable Types of English
- Review the 10 Basic Sentence Patterns & Transformations of English
- Compare the Scope & Sequence of Various Structured Programs (Tiers 1-3)
Programs Reviewed - Edmark, PCI, Reading Milestones, Apple Tree, Fokes Sentence Builder, Fitzgerald Key, Phelps Sentence Guide, Stevenson's Essential Grammar, more

Assessments for Identifying & Remediating Reading Skill Deficits
Formal & Informal Assessment Tools
Appropriate for Title 1, General Education, Intervention Specialists & Psychologists
Review the 5 Big Ideas from the National Reading Panel Report
- Review the Structures of English Critical to Instruction & Assessment
- Learn How to Administer, Score & Interpret Formal & Informal Assessment Tools
- Match Instructional Strategies & Programs to Student Assessment Profiles
Tools Reviewed - CTOPP, DARTTS, Gallistel-Ellis, Gray Oral & more...plus informal assessments of phonological awareness, decoding, fluency, vocabulary & comprehension

Stevenson Language Skills Program for Grades K-3
Recommended Prerequisite Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia
Appropriate for Interventions Specialists & Title 1
Review the Critical Structures of English for Literacy Instruction
- Simulate Language-Based & Decoding-Based Reading Problems (dyslexia)
- Identify the Principles of Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Analyze the Unique Sequence & Mnemonic Strategies of the Stevenson Approach
- Learn Why the Stevenson Program Works for High or Low Cognitive Level Students
- Practice Implementing Comprehensive Stevenson Lessons that Focus on Phonemic
Awareness, Phonics, Decoding, Encoding, Vocabulary, Grammar, Syntax. Semantics & Penmanship

Stevenson Overlapping Strategy for Grades 4-12
Recommended Prerequisite Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists
Compare the Streamlined Overlapping Strategy to the Regular Stevenson Program
- Identify the Critical Structures of English for Literacy Instruction
- Simulate Language-Based & Decoding-Based Reading Problems (dyslexia)
- Review the Principles of Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Analyze the Unique Sequence & Mnemonic Strategies of the Stevenson Approach
- Learn Why the Stevenson Program Works for High or Low Cognitive Level Students
- Practice Implementing Comprehensive Stevenson Overlapping Lessons that Focus
on Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Decoding, Encoding, Vocabulary, Grammar, Syntax. Semantics & Penmanship

Phonics for Reading
A Structured, Tier 1-2 Program for General Education & At-Risk Students, Grades 3-12
Appropriate for Title 1, General Education & Intervention Specialists
Review the Critical Structures of English for Literacy Instruction
- Simulate Decoding-Based Reading Problems (dyslexia)
- Review the Principles of Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Review the Scope & Sequence of Phonics for Reading
- Practice Implementing Phonics for Reading Lessons
- Learn to Integrate Strategies from Other Structured Programs

Teaching Written Expression
Multi-Sensory Strategies for Spelling, Penmanship & Composition
Appropriate for General Education, Title 1 & Intervention Specialists
Identify the 6 Syllable Types & 10 Basic Sentence Patterns of English
- Learn Strategies for Teaching Encoding, Penmanship, Vocabulary, Grammar & Syntax
- Practice Writing Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative & Exclamatory Sentences
- Compare the Organizational Structure of 5 Basic Types of Paragraphs
Programs & Materials Reviewed - Stevenson's Letters, Handwriting Without Tears, Big Strokes for Little Folks, Loops & Other Groups, Stevenson's Essential Grammar, REWARDS Writing, Framing Your Thoughts, Apple Tree Writing Curriculum - Plus related software applications including Write OutLoud, CoWriter, DraftBuilder, Kurzweil 3000, What You Need Now, Franklin Speaking Dictionaries, more

Subject-Area Accommodations for Students with Literacy Skill Deficits
Strategies & Technology for Students Who Struggle
Appropriate for General Education & Inclusion
Learn a Perceptual Model of Language & Literacy Skills (input-process-output)
- Simulate Difficulties with Listening, Speaking, Reading, Spelling & Writing
- Review Universal Design for Learning Principles
- Identify High & Low Tech Interventions to Help Students Complete Assignments
- Practice Determining Text Readability
- Develop a Set of Structured Guided Notes for Lecture & Study
- Review the 24 "Learning How to Learn" Skills for Direct Instruction

REWARDS - Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategies
Decoding Strategies for Intermediate & Secondary Students
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists & General Education
Learn Systematic Strategies for Decoding Words Containing 2-8 Syllables
- Review the Six Basic Syllable Types of English
- Review the Morphological Structures of English
- Practice Teaching Structured REWARDS Lessons
- Integrate Multi-Sensory Techniques into REWARDS Activities
- Read Content Area Passages Accurately & Fluently
- Link REWARDS to Other Structured Programs
- Apply REWARDS Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategies to Content-Area Texts