Where
This is an online event.Event Contact
International Dyslexia Association, Upper Midwest Branch
sarahcwallrath@gmail.com
2021 Members of the Higher Education Literacy Partnership of Minnesota (HELP)
- Shelly Bayer, EdD, South Dakota State University
- Rachel Berger, Decoding Dyslexia Minnesota
- Eva Boehm, MA, University of Minnesota
- Sarah Carlson-Wallrath, International Dyslexia Assn
- Mary Dosch, PhD, MN State University Moorhead
- Erin Gillett, PhD, MN State University Moorhead
- Marci Glessner, PhD, MN State University Moorhead
- Lyn Haselmann, Decoding Dyslexia Minnesota
- Lori Helman, PhD, University of Minnesota
- Lisa Krall, PhD, Bemidji State University
- David Parker, PhD Reading Corps
- Abbey Payeur, (EdD, expected 2021), Bethel University
- Debra Peterson, PhD, University of Minnesota
- Michelle Sandler, MEd, PELSB
- Joan Sax-Bendix, EdD, WInona State University
- Amy Schulting, PhD, Minnesota Department of Education
- Christine Stern, June Stern Family Foundation
- Leo Stern, June Stern Family Foundation
- Susan Thomson, Reading Corps
WEBINAR with David Kilpatrick, PhD
Instant Word Recognition in All Readers
This presentation will focus on developing a better understanding of how skilled readers remember words efficiently for later, instant retrieval and why struggling readers do not. This will be followed by a discussion of instructional approaches that foster the development of instant word recognition in all readers, including those who struggle.
About the Speaker: David Kilpatrick, PhD 
A 2021 HELP Distinguished Scholar, David A. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology emeritus from the State University of New York College at Cortland. He is a New York State certified school psychologist with 28 years of experience in schools. He has taught courses in learning disabilities and educational psychology since 1994. He is a reading researcher and the author of two acclaimed books on reading, Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties, and Equipped for Reading Success, and is a co-editor of a third, with R. M. Joshi and Richard Wagner, Reading Development and Difficulties: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice
Event Details
Where: This is a FREE online event.
When: Thursday, October 7, 2021 from 4-5pm.
At the request of the speaker, the event will NOT be recorded. The date of the event we will only be able to accommodate 500 webinar attendees. The day of the webinar, the first 500 registered attendees to log on to GotoWebinar will be allowed to attend.
NOTE: If you teach in a college or university department of education, but you cannot attend this webinar on October 7, you may be eligible to join an online discussion with David Kilpatrick at a later date. Please indicate your interest and contact information in the space provided on the registration.
No continuing education credits will be issued.
What is the Higher Education Literacy Partnership?
Launched in 2012, HELP is a volunteer planning committee and supported by the enthusiasm and generosity of the following organizational partners: Minnesota Academy of Reading/Minnesota Reading Association; University of Minnesota Center for Reading Research; Minnesota Department of Education; Minnesota Reading Corps/Serve Minnesota; International Dyslexia Association, Upper Midwest Branch; Decoding Dyslexia Minnesota; Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB); and The June Stern Family Foundation for Children with Dyslexia.
HELP's mission is to improve the reading and writing proficiencies of all Minnesota students, including those with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.