Literacy Development Webinar Series

• Five Big Ideas in Beginning Reading – why they’re so important.
• Methodology debate, including understanding ‘The Code’ and its role.
• Intro to processing and perceptual skills needed for literacy.
• Key phases of literacy development.
• Neurological basis, including Visual Word Form Area and difficulties related to dyslexia.

Outcome: You will understand the research behind literacy development, the stages learners go through and what processing/perceptual skills are needed for each stage.

• Why some succeed (regardless of method!) and some fail. The 60%/40% balance.
• Pattern of difficulties in dyslexia (relevant for all struggling readers).
• Five Big Ideas in Beginning Reading – identifying the gaps.
• Processing and perceptual skills, including phonological awareness, visual perception, memory and processing speed.
• Introduction to the ‘Reading Ladder’.

Outcome: You will develop a greater understanding of ‘why’ some children are failing, and greater confidence in your ability to cater for their needs.

• Learn how to stop your learners falling through the gaps in the first place.
• Identify struggling readers early.
• Provide effective remediation – even within current resource constraints and with older learners.
• Response to Intervention and the Four Tier Model. How to prioritise scarce resourcing.
• Re-visit the ‘Reading Ladder’ – and learn how to use it effectively.

Outcome: You will gain confidence with research-based methodology and learn how to put in place a school-wide programme to improve literacy outcomes – for all learners.