This webinar provides educators and psychologists with a theoretical framework for effectively diagnosing and treating reading comprehension disorders in children. There will be an overview of reading from a brain-based educational perspective, as well as a review of the neural underpinnings of literacy in children. Specific emphasis will be placed on frontal lobe functions such as executive functioning and working memory as the primary cognitive constructs that allow children to hold, manipulate, and self -organize verbal information in an archived manner for more effective recall. Specific interventions will be shared including evidence-based reading comprehension programs, as well as classroom strategies and accommodations. Lastly, case studies should provide participants with a better understanding of how various tests of memory, language, intellectual functioning, and executive functioning can be integrated to pinpoint common reading pitfalls that hinder literacy outcomes.
This workshop must be completed by November 1 as it will no longer be available for viewing after that date.