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Children’s Dyslexia Center of Nashua200 Main Street
4th floor
Nashua, NH 03060
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Dysgraphia - From Pen to Paragraph
This workshop is designed for practitioners who:
1.) have knowledge of the importance of cursive handwriting in multisensory reading instruction,
2.) have had prior exposure in cursive handwriting techniques for students with dysgraphia,
3.) have an awareness of the possible visual barriers to learning to write.
We will provide a brief overview of actual handwriting techniques as a refresher, and then progress quickly to instruction of syntax at the sentence level, both oral and written for the 14 basic sentence structures found in English, the importance of mechanics instruction for sentence writing, and techniques for paragraph development, along with a discussion on why technology should not necessarily be included as an instructional methodology at the lower levels. We will also explain when assistive technology will be beneficial and who it will benefit.
Dr. Elaine Holden. Dr. Holden, the co-founder and Director of The Reading Foundation, Amherst, NH, has been a reading specialist/consultant in the New England area for 40 years. Currently, she provides educational evaluations in the area of reading and related language disorders and directs the tutorials for The Reading Foundation, is a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Education at Rivier University, Nashua, New Hampshire, a certified Dyslexia Therapist (IDA), and sits on the governing board for the Association of Specialists in the Assessment of Intellectual Functioning (ASAIF). Elaine also is a past member of the New Hampshire board of directors of The International Dyslexia Association, and was the first Orton-Gillingham Academy Fellow in the state of New Hampshire.
Dr. Elaine Holden
Fellow of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practicioners and Educators, a certified Dyslexia Therapist (IDA), and sits on the governing board for the Association of Specialists in the Assessment of Intellectual Functioning.
Sarah J. Clauss, M.Ed.
Associate Director and tutor at The Reading Foundation. Sarah has the following certifications: K-8 General Ed., General Special Ed, Specific Learning Disabilities, and IDA Certified Literacy Teacher.