Mayland Community College-Spruce Pine, NC-staff development “A Closer Look at The Orton Gillingham Approach” October 2005
Caldwell County Schools, Lenoir, NC- staff development 2-5 grade teachers- “The Hows and Whys of Cursive Writing (for all ages)” September 2005
Caldwell County Schools, Lenoir, NC- staff development 1-3 grade teachers- “The Hows and Whys of Cursive Writing (for all ages)”. March 2005
Mitchell County Schools, Bakersville, NC- Full-day staff training on the structure of the English Language, including syllable types, spelling patterns, and approach to teaching varied learning styles. March 2004
National IDA Conference-San Diego, CA- "The How's and Why's of Cursive Writing"
Spruce Pine Montessori School- Spruce Pine, NC- Two-day staff training in stages of reading, phonemes, syllables, spelling patterns, and syllable division patterns. August 2003
NC-IDA Spring Conference- Hickory, NC-“The Hows and Whys of Cursive Writing (for all ages)” March 2003
Spruce Pine Montessori School- Spruce Pine, NC- Outreach service provided for local teachers and parents on dyslexia. Discussion included the definition, characteristics of dyslexia at various ages, and teaching strategies that address the various learning styles of dyslexics. February 2003
National IDA Conference-Atlanta, GA- “The Hows and Whys of Cursive Writing (for all ages)”. November 2002
Durango Mountain Camp- Training assisted Joyce Bilgrave, Fellow AOGPE with training of camp staff. “Cursive Writing influenced by Diana King” and “Three Great Spelling Patterns”. June 2002
ADD/LD Symposium-Asheville- “Prepping the Surface for Learning”. December 2001
NCIDA – “Multisensory Techniques to Teaching in the Content Areas”. November 2001
Multisensory Language Training- Basic Course assisted Jo Ann Crawford, Fellow with Basic Training. Presented “Cursive Writing Diana’s Way”, “Schwa and Accent”,“Teaching the 2¢-1-1 Pattern”, and “How to set up Student and Teacher Notebooks”. Asheville, summer 2001
NCIDA- “Breaking Through Writer’s Block” October 2000
Multisensory Language Training- Advanced Course assisted Jo Ann Crawford, Fellow with Advanced Training. Presented “The History of Cursive Writing and Rationales for Teaching It”, “The History Of Our Language” ,“Reinforcement Activities with Morphemes, Patterns and Syllables”.
Asheville summer 2000
Saturday Seminar- “Morphemes”- supervised by JoAnn Crawford
Multisensory Language Training- Basic Course assisted Jo Ann Crawford, Fellow with Basic Training. Presented “Cursive Writing Diana’s Way”, “Syllable Division Patterns” and “How to set up Student and Teacher Notebooks”.
Asheville, Summer 1998
Key Learning Center- “Cursive Instruction” demonstrated direct multisensory approach instruction of Diana H. King’s Cursive Writing to staff members to use in their tutorials. Fall 1998
Multisensory Language Training- Basic Course assisted Jo Ann Crawford, Fellow with Basic Training. Presented “Cursive Writing Diana’s Way”, “Syllable Division Patterns” and “How to set up Student and Teacher Notebooks”. Brevard, Summer 1998
W. Estes Elementary-“Rationales for Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Instruction”. November 1996 |
