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2010 Archives |
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A Special Mini
Series within the NAASLN Webinar Series
Special discount
offer for the 4 videos of Dr. Cooper's Teaching Math to Adults Who have Learning Differences"
webinars
LIMITED TIME ONLY
The popular four-part series, “Teaching Math to Adults Who Have Learning
Differences,” by Dr. Richard Cooper, is available for a limited time
only for $80 members, $100 non-members.
Math I: Learning Differences, Difficulties and Disabilities that Limit
Math Skills
Math II: Developing Number Sense and Quantitative Concepts with Adults
Who Learn Differently
Math III: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
Math IV: Teaching Fractions to Adults with Learning Differences
Each one-hour webinar demonstrates proven techniques that address
problems with auditory processing, attention, right/left discrimination,
memory, organization, and sequencing.
Normally priced at $40 per session, this package is a bargain addition
to professional development library.
Offer good until April 30, 2010.
Presenter: Richard Cooper Ph.D., Director and Founder of the Center
for Alternative Learning, is a nationally acclaimed learning specialist,
trainer, speaker and author with 25 years of experience as an adult
educator, providing staff development training nation wide on the
subjects related to learning disabilities, problems and differences. At
conferences and training programs across the county Dr. Cooper’s
sessions are always well received.
Date: January 20 (4:00 – 5:00ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD
Math IV: Teaching Fractions to Adults with Learning Differences
This 1 hour webinar will provide the participants with a variety of
techniques for teaching fractions to adults who understand “parts” in
everyday life but cannot make the connection between the numbers and the
quantities.
Date: January 6 (4:00– 5:00ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD
Math III: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
This 1 hour webinar will demonstrate alternative techniques that the
presenter has found useful with adults who have problems learning. He
will demonstrate techniques for completing the basic operations of
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The presenter will
explain that the hierarchy of number fact knowledge that he has
developed and show how adults can increase their speed and accuracy and
self confidence about doing basic arithmetic. |
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2009 Archives |
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Date/Time: December 16 (4:00 – 5:00ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD
Math II: Developing Number Sense and Quantitative Concepts with Adults
Who Learn Differently
This 1 hour webinar will provide participants with techniques for
instructing adults who have underdeveloped number sense and poor
quantitative concepts. Participants will learn why some basic concepts
are misunderstood by adults with learning problems and the presenter
will explain how to fill gaps that many of these adults have in their
understanding of numbers quantities and math operations.
Date/Time: December 2 (4:00 – 5:00ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD
Math I - Learning Differences, Difficulties and Disabilities that Limit
Math Skills
This one hour webinar will provide participants with information about
the effects learning problems have on math. The characteristics of the
thought processes include auditory processing problems, attention
problems, right/left discrimination problems, memory problems
organization and sequencing problems. Suggestions for dealing with these
various problems will be intertwined into the presentation. |
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Date/Time: November 16 (4:00 – 5:00ET) VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD
Using Games Effectively to Assure Success for a Broad Range of ESOL
Learners
Presenter: Robin Lovrien Schwarz has been an ESL teacher for more
than 40 years and a consultant, trainer, and writer in the field of
learning difficulties in adult ESOL learners for more than 20 years.
Most recently, she authored a chapter in “Learning to Achieve,” NIFL’s
literature review of current research on LD and adult learners,
published in July. Currently, she is teaching teachers at three
colleges, teaching college ESOL and conducting multi-year professional
development for ESOL teachers in New York, and at a charter school for
adult ESOL learners in Washington, DC, where she resides.
Description: Games are an excellent way of involving learners of
many levels and backgrounds in learning activities and ensuring a high
level of practice. In this session, Ms. Schwarz will suggest a few
simple games for adult ESOL and explain how learners can use them for a
wide range of learning and skill practice. She will also address
learner-reluctance to use games. |
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Date/Time:
October 19 (4:00
- 5:00ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD
Emotions Impact Learning -Part II
– Techniques to Address Emotional Issues of Adult Learners
Presenter: Dr Laura Weisel, Executive
Partner and the Clinical Director of The TLP Group. As a nationally
known speaker and facilitator, Dr. Weisel has over thirty years of
experience in both the private and service sectors.
Description: In Part II, Techniques to Address Emotional Issues of
Adult Learners, participants will learn how to implement specific
techniques to immediately help learners struggling with crisis
situations and old baggage get beyond their current emotional situation
and get back on track toward achieving their stated learning and
employment goals!
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Date/Time:
September 14 (4:00
- 5:00ET)
Emotions Impact Learning
Part I – The Neurological Underpinnings of Emotions VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD
Presenter: Dr Laura Weisel, Executive
Partner and the Clinical Director of The TLP Group. As a nationally
known speaker and facilitator, Dr. Weisel has over thirty years of
experience in both the private and service sectors.
Description: Do the students in your program move out of one
emotional crisis and into another? Do they begin your program with great
gusto and then drop out? Do students often forget information they just
learned last week?
Part I, The Neurological Underpinnings of Emotions, will offer an
understanding of how and why emotions are brain functions that are core
and key to learning, why childhood negative educational experiences
continue to impact adult learning, and how ignored emotional issues can
impact learning.
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Date/Time:
August 24
(4:00-5:00 ET) VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
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The Dyslexic Brain: Why Should Teachers Care? What
Should They Know?
Presenter: Dr. Patricia Hardman, Director of Dyslexia
Research Institute, based in Tallahassee, Florida, has studied
and worked in the field of dyslexia and attention deficit
disorders since 1969. Dr. Hardman studied under and worked on
primary research in the field of dyslexia with Dr. Charles L.
Shedd from 1969 until his death in 1975, and in the field of
bio-chemistry and nutrition with Dr. Mary Allen of the Allen
Metabolic and Genetic Institute of Richmond, Virginia. She has
researched and published with William Shipman, M.D., and Allan
Lieberman, M.D., Judith Clay, O.D., and D. Gene Morton, M.D. in
the areas of allergies as they affect the dyslexic child and
adult.
Dr. Hardman has developed a multi-sensorial, structured language
program called The Hardman Technique. Since dyslexic and ADHD
individuals learn differently, she developed a curriculum in
reading, math, and written expression which presents material to
them in the way they learn. This has been effectively used in
private and public schools and with children and adults. More
information concerning Dr. Hardman and Dyslexia Research
Institute may be found at
www.dyslexia-add.org and at
www.learntolearn.biz
Description: Did you known that the dyslexic brain is different ?
Differences don’t just exist in the phonological processing areas, but
in areas affecting language and affecting critical reasoning.
Differences also exist in the biochemistry of the dyslexic. Mood,
attention, memory are affected by these differences.
So why should adult educators care? Did you know……..
“Dyslexia affects one out of 5 children in the United States.” Not our
words, but the National Institute of Health’s findings. Yet, K-12
education still has not come to grips with the reality of 20% of their
population needing to be taught differently. You don’t grow out of
dyslexia, it doesn’t go away, and when it is not addressed properly in
childhood a myriad of additional problems exist and need to be addressed
in the adult education world.
If you teach adults, especially in ABE courses or remedial courses,
you are teaching many unidentified dyslexic individuals. Because of
lack of identification, high numbers of students in adult education
programs continue to struggle. With the influx of people being
unemployed and returning to the classroom for training, many individuals
with dyslexia are being forced back into learning situations which are
not designed for them.
Educators who understand these differences can begin to change their
teaching systems to match the learning styles of their students.
Understanding these differences and assisting their students to
understand their unique learning differences allows those with dyslexic
to break through the barriers that have so often held them back or
perpetuated failure. |
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Date/Time:
July 13
(4:00-5:00 ET) VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
DOWNLOAD
Structured Learning
Presenter:
Richard Cooper, Ph.D., Director and
Founder of the Center for Alternative Learning; is a nationally
acclaimed learning specialist, trainer, speaker and author with 25 years
of experience as an adult educator, providing staff development training
nation wide on the subjects related to learning disabilities, problems
and differences. At conferences and training programs across the county
Dr. Cooper’s sessions are always well received.
Description:
Many adult students
who have learning or attention problems manifest poor organizational
skills and appear to lack structure. While most learners are able to
structure their studying to master the course material, students who
have learning problems seem to “spin their wheels trying this and that”
and make little progress. Their lack of structure often results in
inefficiencies and ineffectiveness when learning and studying. This
presentation will provide participants with techniques to help adult
learners who have problems with organization and structure.
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Date/Time:
April 29
(4:00-5:00 ET) VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR
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Learning Styles
Presenter: Donita Kaare is the Learning Skills Center
Director at Olney Central College. She has worked in Adult
Education for the past 23 years as a teacher and a director.
Mrs. Kaare is a credentialed Resource Specialist at the ABE and
College level and has served on the ABE, ADA guidelines
committee for Illinois as well as the Illinois ABE Content
Standards Committee. She is currently serving as the Conference
Chairman for the Illinois Adult and Continuing Educators
Association (IACEA) state conference. She has made some fifty
presentations on Learning Styles to students and/or educators at
regional, state, and national conferences.
Description: Do you know your learning styles? Do you assess
your student’s learning styles? Whose learning styles do you
teach to? This session will include an assessment of your
learning style as well as specific recommendations for working
with each of the learning styles. Join us for this session and
learn how to reach all individuals with learning style
differences. |
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Date/Time: April 7 (4:00 – 5:00 ET)
VIDEO
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Dyslexia – Attention Deficit Disorders – Learning Differences: It’s Not
Just Academics that keep These Adults from Succeeding
Presenter: Robyn A. Rennick, Program
Director for Dyslexia Research Institute in Tallahassee, FL, has worked
in the field of dyslexia/ADHD for 29 years first as a teacher then as a
principal and teacher trainer. She is a Director and Teacher/Trainer in
The Hardman Technique; has developed The Dyslexia Research Institute
Literacy and Life Skills Program (DRILLS), which addressed the literacy
and life skills needs of adults who have dyslexia and ADHD, as well as
developed a DVD called The Multisensorial Study Strategies Tool Kit,
which contains 10 hour long workshops utilized by disabled students and
their tutors at the college or post secondary level. She is
past-president of both NAASLN and The Coalition of McKay Scholarship
Schools, which is a state coalition of private schools working with
students with disabilities.
Description: Adults with dyslexia, ADHD, and related disorders
don’t just bring to the classroom issues with academics. Since these are
truly communication disorders, these adults deal with difficulties in
learning vicariously (through experience), interpreting body language,
expressing their thoughts, time management, and problem solving.
Discover ways that you can recognize the soft skill breakdowns and learn
strategies for assisting the adult in developing more effective ways for
communicating and for dealing with these other issues. If we don't teach
them, who will? Handouts will be available prior to the webinar. |
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Date/Time: March 17 (4:00 - 5:00
ET) VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
The Impact of Culture on the ESOL Learner
Presenter: Robin Lovrien Schwarz, M.Sp.Ed:LD, has been a
consultant, trainer and writer in the field of learning difficulties in
adult ESOL learners for 20 years. Currently, she is conducting
multi-year professional development for ESOL teachers in NY State and at
a school for adult ESOL learners in Washington, DC, where she resides.
Description: Culture plays a large, and often unseen, role in how
adult English language learners learn. In this webinar, the impact of
culture on learning will be illustrated with some anecdotes and
information from research. Find out how you can learn more about your
own cultural biases, as well as those of your learners. References for
reading and learning will be provided. |
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Date/Time: February 24 (4:00 - 5:00 ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Test Anxiety
Presenter:
Richard Cooper, Ph.D., Director and Founder of the Center for
Alternative Learning; is a nationally acclaimed learning
specialist, trainer, speaker and author with 25 years of
experience as an adult educator, providing staff development
training nation wide on the subjects related to learning
disabilities, problems and differences. At conferences and
training programs across the county Dr. Cooper’s sessions are
always well received
Description:
Test anxiety is a problem for many students. This presentation
will discuss how to help students understand and cope with test
anxiety. The presenter will also demonstrate techniques to help
students prepare for and take tests. These include learning how
to teach students relaxation techniques and study skills.
Techniques for analyzing test taking problems will also be
demonstrated. This presentation will conclude with a brief
discussion of when to implement accommodations. |
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2008 Archives |
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November 18 (4:00 – 5:00 ET)
Brain-Based Natural Human Learning
When we know the brain’s natural learning process, we know
how to help our students be the motivated, successful,
natural learners that they were born to be
Presenter:
Rita
Smilkstein, Ph.D., Woodring College of Education, Western
Washington University, frequent speaker nationally and
internationally, author of textbooks and articles on
teaching study skills and grammar and how to apply the
brain's natural learning process to curriculum development
and instructional methods across the disciplines.
Description:
This presentation will focus on how the brain learns and how
human beings naturally learn. It will then show that these
two areas of research converge to become the basis for
brain-based curriculum and pedagogy. With this information
educators can help their students be engaged, confident,
successful learners. |
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October 14 (4:00 - 5:00ET)
AUDIO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Structured Learning
Presenter:
Dr. Richard Cooper
Description:
Learn about techniques to help adult learners who have
problems with organization and structure. |
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September 25
(4:00
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Strategies for Passing the GED Mathematics Test
Description:
How can we help students pass the GED Math Test? In this workshop,
participants will focus on problem-solving strategies that their
students can master to pass the GED. Participants will analyze GED math
questions, learn how they can engage different learning styles to help
students succeed with GED math, and discuss a variety of interactive
strategies that they can apply to Pre-GED and GED Math classes. They
will also preview published materials that incorporate these strategies. |
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August 19 (4:00 - 5:00ET)
GED Testing
Accommodations and Adaptations: What’s the
difference? AND How do we level the playing field for adults with
special learning needs?
Presenter: Conni
Leading, GED Testing Accommodations Manager & Chief Examiner for
Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools in Groveport, Ohio, brings
28 years of professional and personal experience to her position. As a
mother of two sons with special learning needs, she has developed a
unique understanding of the emotional and physical aspects of learning
with accommodations and adaptations, and because of this serves as a
strong advocate for the needs of special students.
Description: Adults
with special learning needs taking the GED fall into two categories: (1)
Those adults with documented ADA disabilities, who require
accommodations such as extended time, supervised breaks, scribes,
audiocassettes. (2) Those adults, for whom teachers have identified
learning needs requiring adaptations or modifications such as
magnifiers, colored overlays, straight edges, rooms without fluorescent
lighting, etc. These latter adaptations do not require prior approval by
the GED state offices. |
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July 22 (4:00 - 5:00ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Managing an Adult ESOL
Class with Multiple Skill Levels —Curriculum, techniques,
materials, and resources that work.
Presenter: Robin
Lovrien Schwarz, M. Sp. Ed: LD has been an ESOL teacher with 40 years
experience and a specialist in LD. Ms. Schwarz is currently a consultant
to numerous school districts around the country. She has participated in
numerous state and national initiatives on adult ESOL, has authored
numerous articles and book chapters, and is currently doing contract
writing for the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL).
Description: One of the greatest challenges
facing many ESOL teachers is a class where students have many different
skill levels. In this "Webinar," Robin Lovrien Schwarz will teach
you three different approaches to managing such a class. After
each approach is discussed online, you will have the opportunity to
create materials and plans for your own class and get feedback on design
and implementation. Handouts will be available to download,
and unlike in a one-time, live session, you will get to ask those
questions you think of the next day!
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June 24 (4:00 - 5:00PM ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Asperger’s Syndrome and the Adult Education Class
Presenter:
Bevan Gibson,
MS SpEd, is a current board
member of the National Association for Adults with Special Learning
Needs. She serves as the Director of the Southern Illinois Professional
Development Center and is a state trainer for special learning needs in
Illinois. In addition, she is a leader in the state’s adult education
special learning needs endeavors.
Description: With an increasing number of
students with Asperger’s Syndrome in adult education classrooms, we need
to understand more about Asperger’s and what we can do as an instructor
to assist these students in our programs.
In this
webinar you will learn about the characteristics of Aspergers:
►poor
affect
►poor
socialization skills
►obsession
on complex topics
►difficulty
understanding non-verbal cues
►sensory
overload
Discuss how
these and comorbid conditions (depression, ADHD) manifest them selves in
the classroom and learn interventions that you can use to assist your
student in having a successful and positive learning experience.
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March 18
(4:00-5:00 PM ET)
Part Three - Implement Interventions
- Compounding issues underlying memories, feelings, and learning
success
- Your personal experiences in using the four interventions
- How interventions can impact persistence and successful
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Emotions! Supporting the Critical Prerequisite to Learning
Dr. Laura Weisel
Clinical Services, The TLP Group
P.O. Box 21510, Columbus, OH 43221
Phone: (614) 950-9677 FAX: (614) 850-8676
dr.weisel@powerpath.com
Experience in Adult Education and Experience as a Presenter
Dr. Laura Weisel
has over 30 years experience in education, research, and
behavioral healthcare. As a leader in researching and advocating
for systemic changes to support persons with special learning
needs and learning disabilities, Dr. Weisel consults with
numerous programs and state organizations while she continues
research, development, and training on PowerPath to Education
and Employment -- a comprehensive system for learning and
retooling educational services.
Over the past 30 years, Dr. Weisel presented over 1000
conference presentations and seminar sessions. Dr. Weisel is the
Past President of the National Association for Adults with
Special Learning Needs.
Presentation Abstract
Do your students move out of one emotional crisis and
into another? Are your dropout rates higher than you'd like them
to be? Are you seeing less progress than you think your students
are capable of making?
This three-part session offers an understanding of brain
research on how emotions at the core to all learning, how
negative educational experiences impact learning, and four
specific research-based best practices you can immediately use
to help all learners begin to manage their education-related
baggage, recurring crisis situations, and fears of success!
February 19 (4:00-5:00 PM ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Part Two - Rethink Your Role: Four Interventions
- Installing Positive Futures
- Building a 'Safe Place'
- Asking the Four Questions to Manage Crisis Situations
- Facilitating 'Conversation that Matter'
February 12 (4:00-5:00 PM ET)
VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Part One - Increase Your Understanding
- Hear from program participants about their past
educational experiences
- Learn about the neurological workings of the brain and the
limbic system's role in learning |
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