MULTISENSORY TRAINING
COURSES & WORKSHOPS

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In-Person

An Instructor comes to your school or district and provides onsite professional development. The Instructor works directly with the teachers to ensure that each participant learns how to utilize and implement the program correctly.

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COURSES

  • Phonics First®
    Level I
    (K – 5th Grade)
    Prerequisite: NONE COURSE HOURS: 30

    Appropriate Audience:

    K - 3rd Grade: General Education 4th & 5th Grade: General Education K - 5th Grade: Special Education

    Course Description:

    This comprehensive and highly intensive multisensory training course qualifies teachers to bring Orton-Gillingham instruction into their classrooms...

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  • Structures® Level I
    (4th - 12th Grade)
    Prerequisite: NONE COURSE HOURS: 30

    Appropriate Audience:

    4th & 5th Grade: General Education 6th through 12th grade*: Special education

    Course Description:

    This comprehensive and highly intensive multisensory training course qualifies teachers to bring Orton-Gillingham multisensory instruction to their intervention and...

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  • LEVEL II
    (K - 12th Grade)
    Prerequisite: Phonics First® Level I or Structures® Level I COURSE HOURS: 30

    Appropriate Audience:

    K through 12th grade: General Education, Special Education

    Course Description:

    This rigorous Orton-Gillingham training course emphasizes instruction of struggling readers at all grade levels and is critical for teachers working with students of all ages and skill...

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  • Phonics First®
    Primary
    (K - 1st Grade)
    Prerequisite: NONE COURSE HOURS: 18

    Appropriate Audience:

    K - 1st Grade: General Education K - 1st Grade: Special Education

    Course Description:

    This course qualifies primary teachers to bring beginning-level Orton-Gillingham multisensory instruction to their classrooms. Phonics First® transforms beginning, struggling, dyslexic...

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  • Science of
    Reading
    Prerequisite: Completion of Phonics First® Primary, Phonics First® Level I or Structures® Level I COURSE HOURS: 12 hours

    Appropriate Audience:

    K-12 educators who have completed Phonics First® Primary, Phonics First® Level I, or Structures® Level I

    Course Description:

    This class complements instructional practices learned in Phonics First® Level I or Structures® Level I, with an in-depth focus on the science of teaching reading to all students...

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WORKSHOPS

  • Phonics First®
    Refresher
    Prerequisite: Completion of Phonics First® Level I or Phonics First® Primary COURSE HOURS: 6

    Appropriate Audience:

    K through 5th Grade teachers who have completed Phonics First® Level I or Phonics First® Primary

    Course Description:

    This workshop is designed to review the Brainspring Phonics First® Level I Orton- Gillingham training methodology. Multisensory techniques, strategies and concepts will be...

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  • Structures® Refresher
    Prerequisite: Completion of Structures® Level I COURSE HOURS: 6

    Appropriate Audience:

    Upper elementary (4th grade or higher), Middle School, and High School teachers who have completed Structures®

    Course Description:

    This workshop is designed to review the Brainspring Structures® Level I Orton-Gillingham training methodology. Multisensory techniques, strategies...

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  • Pre-Kindergarten
    ORTON-GILLINGHAM
    Prerequisite: NONE COURSE HOURS: 6

    Appropriate Audience:

    Pre-K students age 3-4

    Course Description:

    Brainspring’s Pre-Kindergarten workshop introduces Orton-Gillingham principles of instruction to Pre-K teachers. The class emphasis is on setting the reading stage...

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  • Phonological
    Awareness:
    Essential Skills for
    All Readers
    Prerequisite: NONE COURSE HOURS: 4

    Appropriate Audience:

    K – 2nd grade: General Education K – 12th grade: Special Education, Intervention, Resource

    Course Description:

    One of the five pillars of teaching children to read is phonological awareness. The underlying foundation for all reading development starts with an awareness of and the ability to...

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  • Coaching
    Prerequisite: Phonics First® Level I or Structures® Level I
     COURSE HOURS: Varied

    Appropriate Audience:

    K-12 educators who have completed Phonics First® Primary, Phonics First® Level I, or Structures® Level I

    Course Description:

    Participate in Professional Development while teaching Phonics First® or Structures® lessons! Receive guidance for incorporating PF or Structures® into the schedule

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  • Unlocking Unfamiliar Words: Syllabication Strategies for Success
    Prerequisite: None COURSE HOURS: 6

    Appropriate Audience:

    3rd through 12th grade: Special education, Intervention, Resource

    Course Description:

    Syllabication instruction teaches struggling readers strategies to decode multisyllable words quickly and accurately. Students learn to systematically...

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  • Morphology: Greek and Latin Roots Overview
    Prerequisite: None
     COURSE HOURS: 6

    Appropriate Audience:

    4th & 5th grade: General Education 6th through 12th grade: Special Education, Intervention, Resource

    Course Description:

    This overview workshop introduces the study of prefixes, suffixes, and Greek and Latin root morphology, providing a sophisticated method of teaching decoding and encoding

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  • Reciprocal Teaching: Strategies for Reading Comprehension
    Prerequisite: None
     COURSE HOURS: 3-4

    Appropriate Audience:

    1st through 12th grade: General Education, Special Education, Intervention, Resource

    Course Description:

    The Reciprocal Teaching process teaches students to interact with text in a way that builds vocabulary and comprehension, and teaches students to develop...

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