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To view and register for all professional development activities currently being offered by the Northern Rhode Island Collaborative, please click here. (Link opens external site in a new window.)
"Hearing Loss in Your Classroom" -- To be held on Thursday, November 6, 2008 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm at Orchard Farms Elementary School, 1555 Scituate Ave., Cranston, RI. This is a RIDE endorsed professional development activity with 2 professional development contact hours. For more details, please contact Donna Rizzo, Program Coordinator, at 270-8726 or email drizzo@nric-ri.org. NRIC Teacher Assistant Training -- January 2009 For details, please see attached flyer or contact Debbie Jannetta at 658-5790 Ext. 223 email djannetta@nric-ri.org
Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program (LIPS) - OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Program CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF PARTICIPANTS. Stay tuned for future dates.
(formerly called the ADD Program, Auditory Discrimination in Depth) successfully stimulates phonemic awareness. Individuals become aware of the mouth actions which produce speech sounds. This awareness becomes the means of verifying sounds within words and enables individuals to become self-correcting in reading, spelling, and speech.
NRIC will be offering LIPS training to school districts at NRIC's Main Office from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The presenter is Lisa M. Brooks, M.Ed. For more details, please contact Helen Broderick at 401-658-5790, Ext. 230.
Wilson Reading System --
is a highly-structured remedial program that directly teaches the structure of the language to students and adults who have been unable to learn with other teaching strategies, or who may require multisensory language instruction. This step-by-step program gives teachers the tools and confidence they need to work with even the most challenged reader.
NRIC will be offering Wilson Language Training to school districts at NRIC's Main Office from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on:
Wednesday, November 19,
Thursday, November 20 and
Friday, November 21
The presenter is Nance Hoder. To register, please contact your district's Special Education Director. For more details, please contact Helen Broderick at 401-658-5790, Ext. 230.
Updated November 6, 2008
