These complimentary seminars are delivered via the Web and cover a range of topics of interest to educators. Register online today for a live webinar, or watch a webcast of a previously recorded webinar.
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Live Webinars
Language and the Reading Puzzle: Helping Your Struggling Students Succeed
Presenter: Dr. Virginia Mann
Length: one hour
May 13 at 9am PDT
This complimentary one hour webinar will discuss language skills and their impact on reading success. We will also discuss the connection between language development and successful reading ability. We will talk about the key components of reading and the skills that are needed for your students to beome fluent readers. In addition, we will look at how the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant programs build the language, reading and cognitive skills in your struggling students in order for them to become more effective readers.
Previously Recorded Webinars
Language and the Reading Puzzle: Helping Your Struggling Students Succeed
Presenter: Dr. Virginia Mann
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinar
This complimentary one hour webinar discusses language skills and their impact on reading success. We talk about the key components of reading and the skills that are needed for your students to beome fluent readers. In addition, we will look at how the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant programs build the language, reading and cognitive skills in your struggling students in order for them to become more effective readers.
How can Language Abilities Impact School Performance?
Presenter: Dr. Martha Burns
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinar
This complimentary one hour, pre-recorded webinar discusses reading interventions and how they can help your struggling learners. We look at how the human brain learns and how this affects academic performance. We also examine the longitudinal effects of the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant programs.
Accelerating Learning Using Neuroscience and Advanced Technology
Presenter: Dr. Steve Miller
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinar
This complimentary one hour, pre-recorded webinar discusses reading and why it is a complex task and how you can accelerate the learning process. We look at how the integration of technology can equate to the success for your struggling learners in the classroom. We review how the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant programs and how they can help close the achievement gap.
Putting Second Language Learners Ahead: How to Help English Language Learners Succeed
Presenter: Kathleen Leos
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinar
This complimentary, pre-recorded, one hour webinar discusses some of the challenges your English Language Learners as they face both learning English and key academic content standards. We then look at how the educators we serve can best serve English Language Learners by supporting English Language Acquisition - the bridge to content knowledge and school and district AYP. In addition, we examine the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant family of products that best support English Language Learner Achievement goals and objectives.
Response to Intervention: A Model to Improve Systems of Support for Struggling Learners
Presenter: Dr. Connie Russo
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinar
This complimentary, pre-recorded, one hour webinar discusses Response to Intervention and the implications for school districts. We look at the history of Response to Intervention. In addition, we discuss how the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant family of products fit into the Response to Intervention model.
Intervention Applications for Struggling Learner
Presenter: Jacqueline Egli
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinar
This complimentary one hour, pre-recorded webinar takes a look at struggling learners and who will be responsible for ensuring that these students measure up to Adequate Yearly Progress Standards. We also discuss what interventions make sense for collaboration among General Education teachers, Special Education Teacher, Speech and Language Therapists and Reading Coaches. We are featuring the Fast ForWord family of products and take a look at a comprehensive longitudinal study of students with varied learning challenges and their progress.
Fit Brains Learn Better! How the Latest Neuroscience Research Affects your Struggling Students
Presenter: Dr. Judith Simmons
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinar
This complimentary pre-recorded, one hour webinar focuses on how 30 years of neuroscience research can help your struggling learners and we take an in-depth look at the Fast ForWord family of products and how they can impact student success in 8 - 12 weeks. We also discuss how the Fast ForWord family of products can help close the achievement gap.
Fostering Reading Progress Beyond the Basics
Presenter: Pat Granchelli
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinar
This complimentary one hour, pre-recorded webinar takes a look at Scientific Learning’s Reading Assistant software which combines advanced speech recognition technology with scientifically-based courseware to strengthen fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. We look at the Reading Assistant software which can provide individualized instruction to improve your students’ reading skills for them to become proficient, life-long learners. In addition, we look at what benefits you can expect to see with the Reading Assistant software and its unique approach to assisting students.
Boosting your Students' Reading Levels and Confidence: Fast ForWord Summer School Implementation
Presenter: Cory Armes
Length: 55 minutes
Pre-recorded Webinar
This complimentary 55 minute pre-recorded webinar will discuss the Fast ForWord family of products, scientifically-based reading intervention software that can impact student success in as little as 4 weeks in summer school. We will also discuss how you can improve student achievement in just 4 - 8 weeks and how you can accelerate student learning in the fall with your Fast ForWord summer school implementation.
Enhancing Student Learning Through Brain-Based Strategies: An Overview of the Fast ForWord family of products
Presenter: Cory Armes
Length: 50 minutes
Pre-recorded Webinar
This complimentary 50 minute pre-recorded webinar discusses the Fast ForWord family of products and how they can help advance student reading skills 1 - 2 years in 8 - 12 weeks while building cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing and sequencing. There is also a discussion of how the Fast ForWord products can help close the achievement gap and train the brain with phenomenal results.
Preparing the Path of Success of Learning for Students in Special Education
Presenter: Jacqueline Egli
Length: 60 minutes
Pre-recorded Webinar
This complimentary 60 minute pre-recorded webinar takes a look at students who are currently placed in Special Education programs and what some of the common challenges that most of the students encounter. We also discuss how our special educators can best serve students whose reading levels are significantly below level and how they can best achieve necessary improvement to demonstrate adequate yearly progress. In addition, we also explore how the Fast ForWord family of products can readily address realistic goals and objectives established on an Individual Education Plan.
Fascinate your Children with the Wonders of the Brain Today; Improve Their Learning Habits Tomorrow, with Sarah Dunning
Presenter: Sarah Dunning
Length: 20 minutes
Pre-recorded Webinar
This complimentary 20 minute pre-recorded webinar will explore the brain and the mechanics of the brain. We will also look at how it learns and how you can take care of your brain better and why brain health is so important.
What's The Brain Got to Do With It? A Brain Awareness pre-recorded session with Sally Donlon!
Presenter: Sally Donlon
Length: 45 minutes
Pre-recorded Webinar
This complimentary 45 minute pre-recorded webinar will take a look at the latest research on the brain, what it means to know something, and brain plasticity: what it is and why it is important.
The Latest Research on the Adolescent Brain: Whats going on in there? A Brain Awareness pre-recorded session with Sally Donlon!
Presenter: Sally Donlon
Length: 45 minutes
Pre-recorded Webinar
This complimentary 45 minute pre-recorded webinar will take a look at the latest research on the adolescent brain, decision making in the adolescent brain, and the brain develops during adolescence.