NCLD Talks

Getting Ready for the School Year

Marcie Lipsitt — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:00:00 +0100

Summertime offers a much-needed break for your child with learning disabilities and you. Now, when the day-to-day pressures of the regular school year are “on vacation,” you can use this as an opportunity to reflect back on your child’s recent school year and prepare for the coming one.

Implementing RTI in High Schools

Hollie Pettersson, Ph.D., Matthew K. Burns, Ph.D., Rebecca Sarlo, Ph.D. — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:00:00 +0100

Implementing RtI at the secondary level presents unique challenges and new questions. Join Drs. Matthew Burns, Hollie Pettersson and Rebecca Sarlo as they explore the application of multi-tiered systems of support in high school settings and answer your questions about key issues. They will also offer examples to illustrate the application of RtI practices that increase student achievement for academics and behavior at the high school level.

Rebecca Sarlo, Ph.D.

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:15:00 +0100

Hollie Pettersson, Ph.D.

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:00:00 +0100

School Psychologists and RTI

Katie Eklund, MSW, Montina Romero, Ph.D. — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:00:00 +0100

Katie Eklund and Montina Romero answered your questions about the various roles of school psychologists within RTI. They also offered tips and examples of strategies to support the effective implementation of RTI based on lessons learned working in local schoolstt.

Montina Romero, Ph.D.

Thu, 05 May 2011 18:30:00 +0100

Katie Eklund, MSW

Thu, 05 May 2011 18:15:00 +0100

Maureen Staskowski, Ph.D.

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:15:00 +0100

Speech-Language Pathologists and RTI

Barbara J. Ehren, Ed.D., Maureen Staskowski, Ph.D. — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:00:00 +0100

Join Drs. Barbara Ehren and Maureen Staskowski during our next RTI Talk as they answer your questions about the role of SLPs in RTI. They will also offer tips and examples of effective ways to engage in assessment and intervention activities based on lessons learned working with SLPs in local schools.

Audrey Suker

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Jason Waite

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Using School-based Volunteers in RTI

Audrey Suker, Jason Waite — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Learn how school-based volunteers are making a difference in RTI implementation and how you can increase the impact your volunteers are making in your school or district. Join Jason Waite from City Year and Audrey Suker from Minnesota Reading Corps during our next RTI Talk as they answer your questions about how they use school-based volunteers in their work and how volunteers can be valuable assets to RTI implementation.

Donna Nylander

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:30:00 +0100

Jim Lesko, Ed.D.

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:30:00 +0100

RTI in Early Childhood

Donna Nylander, Jim Lesko, Ed.D. — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:00:00 +0100

Join Donna Nylander and Jim Lesko during our next RTI Talk as they answer your questions about adapting the specific applications of RTI to fit within the early childhood culture and to address the developmental needs of young children. They will also offer tips based on lessons learned working with local schools to guide the development of a Pre-K RTI model, as well as policy recommendations to help build the state and local support needed to implement a successful model.