Pa 614

October 8, 2019 by James Haupert Courses, Parent Courses, Series D

Pa 614 – Crushing Dyslexia – Handwriting Skills

Crushing Dyslexia – Handwriting Skills

About this Course

Learn online all you need to know about teaching dyslexic kids handwriting skills.

Taught by award winning Carol Fitzpatrick, this exciting new series of online Master classes will help children learn how to thrive with this condition. Developed from her proven highly successful course and counseling work, this course has been designed to fully inform and stimulate deep family conversations on how you can “Crush Dyslexia.” Take the course at home, it’s conveniently online and on demand. Take one short lesson at a time and apply the new ideas as you work at your own pace.

This course has been designed to help you reach significant breakthroughs with handwriting.

Each lesson combines online video, with readings, assessment, and support materials and bonus content to help you quickly improve your instructional skills. Many of the lessons are directed only to you the parent with instructional ideas and knowledge, while other lessons are designed to be watched jointly with your child to inform you and set the stage for a deeper conversation on an aspect of learning.

In 20 short and engaging lessons, you will learn …

Relation between dyslexia and dysgraphia
Why to teach BIG Handwriting
Order for teaching letters
3 BIG writing techniques
Teaching the 4 groups of letters according to beginning stroke
Teaching according to phonics pattern
The relation of Phonics to Spelling
The discovery method
How to discuss personalized spelling
Teaching Sight Words
Teaching homonyms
Scaffolding Writing
Making accommodations for learning to write and that supporting your child is not “cheating.”
The importance of using the many new technologies available
Instructing writing a story and how
Using assistive technology
Language experience stories
How to use a writing plan for a paper
The baby steps to writing a 5-paragraph essay