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Samia
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October 14, 2024
Focus on both auditory and visual aspects. Focus on whole child.
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Suzanne
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October 11, 2024
This is the third module in this 4 part series and each has been direct in it's approach, informational and instantly usable with my kiddos. Kelly has the enthusiasm in her presentations to take hold of your imagination and begin to think about how and who on my caseload to use these examples.
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Member
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October 7, 2024
The presenters ability to explain the latest research and apply to activities.
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Jane
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October 7, 2024
I recently completed the Dyslexia Training Institute certificate program, so these concepts are are very familiar to me. However, Kelly presents information in a dynamic and engaging way, and I love her tactile/kinesthetic/motor strategies to support skill acquisition.
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Dina
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October 6, 2024
As usual , the instructor made the cause enjoyable and interesting .The games, strategies and activities that were used to show how to incorporate phonological awareness into a therapy session were insightful.
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Member
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October 6, 2024
Teaching style
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Cindy
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October 4, 2024
Great course. Wonderful and engaging examples of therapy
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Jeanette
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October 3, 2024
Lots of examples
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carol
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September 28, 2024
wonderful explanations and examples. Appreciate the research supporting the treatment!
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Paula
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September 28, 2024
The presenter uses examples, visuals and repetition (and videos) to help make everything very clear.
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Member
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September 25, 2024
I liked the techniques she used with movement and using her body. I also use physical cues for sounds. I will be looking her speech cues that she shared with us.
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Member
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September 25, 2024
It was repetitive. Not an advanced-level course.
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Member
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September 24, 2024
Amazing presenter! Captivating! Very clear teaching style that holds listening audience’s attention and she makes the learning make sense and “stick”! Would love to see more from Kelly!
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Member
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September 21, 2024
Wow another great class by Kelly Vess! Articulate, concise, up to date information made this presentation very worthwhile!
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Member
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September 18, 2024
I learned new information such as elision. I had never heard that term before.
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Carol
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September 14, 2024
The content of the course was information that can be applied when working with children to improve phonological awareness and phonemic awareness. ** I think this course fell short in that the important skill of executive functioning to acquire reading was not addressed. This is a skill that is commonly weak in children now days. How can you teach anything when a student is not attending?
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Member
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September 8, 2024
clear explanations, sample videos and suggested activities
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Member
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September 6, 2024
Practical application information
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Member
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September 5, 2024
very clear
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Member
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August 29, 2024
liked the explanation and examples between phonological awareness skills, phonemic awareness, and phonics
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Member
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August 29, 2024
Excellent content!
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Member
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August 29, 2024
Organized presentation with great content!
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Jill
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August 25, 2024
Great presenter and relevant content
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Member
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August 23, 2024
The many examples and analogies made it very easy to understand and gives me ways to explain it to parents and colleagues I work with.
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Member
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August 22, 2024
Very engaging presenter, well-organized and clear.
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Member
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August 21, 2024
Effective slides and presentation, information that was concise, thorough, effective, and relevant to our practice.
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Member
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August 18, 2024
Thank you again Kelly Vess for putting what I've been doing for several years into a easy context to follow and implement in my practice
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Member
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August 16, 2024
I like the videos and the complex paragraphs that each student does in the beginning of the sessions. I also like the "What is it"? part to determine which Phonological awareness you're targeting.
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Member
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August 16, 2024
The "what is it" activity in the presentation: I liked trying to determine whether the task was targeting phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, or phonics skills.
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Susan
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August 13, 2024
The many examples for each of the trifecta skills were helpful.Significance of overlap between phonological awareness and phonemic awareness was understated.
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Lauren
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August 9, 2024
Again, I love this presenter. She keeps the listener interested and engaged in her content. I learned to "Include the print!" which will be very beneficial going forward.
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Sydney
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August 6, 2024
The presenter included several therapy videos which reinforced the information being shared. I look forward to watching part four of this course.
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Rachel
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August 6, 2024
She really hits home on discussing how to tie multiple goals into one activity. I appreciate that! The examples were great.
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Member
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August 5, 2024
The videos of actual therapy and her research put into practice.
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Dilyara
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July 31, 2024
This material in this course is very easy to understand, and has many examples of how to use it in therapy with children. I learned a lot in this course and will use the information in my therapy sessions. Me memory is pretty bad but the information that I learned in this course will be easily remembered by me.
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Member
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July 31, 2024
Clear and concise presentation. Promised working smart strategies and delivered.
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Member
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July 30, 2024
Great!
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Jenny
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July 30, 2024
Enthusiastic and knowledgeable speaker
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Member
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July 27, 2024
Speaker's explanation of differences between phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonetics.
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Sara
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July 26, 2024
I found the presenter's examples of home practice activities to be useful. Also, her information on research-based phonological activities were helpful because it gave guidance on which skills should be the focus of sessions.
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Lauriann
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July 26, 2024
Presenter's pace, voice, and enthusiasm for the topic are engaging, along with great a review of phonological awareness definitions, examples, and activities for development. Appreciate the tip for doing the "heavy lifting" first - ie. targeting isolation/segmentation, blending, and elision, while less challenging PA skills develop naturally.
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Julie
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July 24, 2024
Presenter provided skills we can incorporate into our therapy that will help our students make gains in multiple areas.
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Jeanne
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July 24, 2024
Excellent course and excellent presenter
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Debbie
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July 23, 2024
Great examples
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kathy
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July 22, 2024
concise, included data
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Member
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July 20, 2024
Loved the material and the way it was presented!
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Laura
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July 19, 2024
Speaker is clear and provides great examples and visuals.
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Member
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July 19, 2024
It provided research to support evidence-based practices and specific examples of how to implement the ideas presented.
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Heather
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July 17, 2024
Thorough explanation of material considering EBP.
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Member
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July 17, 2024
examples
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Maggie
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July 15, 2024
Well organized and presentation was exemplary.
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Member
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July 12, 2024
Ms, Vess broken down the intricate parts of phonological terms and ideas.
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Member
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July 10, 2024
Ms. Vess is an organized presenter who weaves information regarding current research and how she incorporates it in direct therapy.
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Rochelle
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July 9, 2024
I always enjoy Kelly's courses. She's dynamic and knowledgeable about the topic.
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Member
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July 7, 2024
Again, the information, the presentation, slides, and examples were terrific. (Video segments were okay, but a little hard to follow it all without replaying).
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Penny
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July 6, 2024
Another great training by Kelly Vess!
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Member
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July 5, 2024
Provided research-based information with relevant examples
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Mary
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July 4, 2024
The examples that were presented were excellent and made the concepts so understandable. The speaker Kelly was excellent and engaging.
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Nathan
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July 2, 2024
As in the first two presentations, Ms. Vess presented the material in an easy to understand manner. I am going to use the techniques of blending, rhyming, elision and segmentation when integrating phonological awareness skills into my therapy sessions.
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Member
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July 1, 2024
Interesting topic
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Member
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June 30, 2024
She gave examples of how to practice phonological awareness skills during speech therapy. Also, it was nice to have reminders on all the different word recognition skills that can be practiced in speech therapy and the classroom.
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Member
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June 29, 2024
Awesome session.
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PATRICIA
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June 28, 2024
During the course I was provided with wonderful interventions that I can use to improve phonological awareness skills in students who have deficits in language. There were so many useful examples. I will certainly implement the use of "the body" in helping the student to remember sounds in words.
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Member
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June 28, 2024
I liked all of her word examples in determining what type of activity was being used. I found the short videos of her graduate students utilizing the techniques in actual therapy sessions to be very helpful.
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Member
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June 27, 2024
The therapy ideas are really great
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Member
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June 27, 2024
However the instructor continually does not clip her sounds so produces /k/ as "kuh", /t/ as "tuh" etc.
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Gail
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June 25, 2024
Clear, concise, good voice tone, good rate, great examples and visuals to teach
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Susan
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June 25, 2024
I feel that I have left this presentation with new information. The phonological awareness skills that are highly predictive of improved literacy skill outcomes (e.g. phoneme segmentation/isolation, blending, and elision). I have never targeted these specific skills before. I hope to include them in my therapy.
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Member
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June 25, 2024
The topic is highly interesting to me. I work with students having difficulty with phonological awareness. Loved it.
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Rebecca
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June 23, 2024
I love the Kelly Vess' real-life examples. Very useful and practical.
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Member
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June 22, 2024
Presenter has some great information, however she adds the schwa to individual phoneme sounds, which is absolutely not helpful for students learning to read or for PA skills.
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Member
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June 21, 2024
I really enjoy Kelly's courses. The only thing that I don't like, in reference to the videos she presents, is the competing noise in the room where the videos take place. The noise is distracting and makes it hard to hear the clinician and the child.
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Katherine
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June 21, 2024
great info.One thing though...it seemed that Kelly was almost always saying 'kuh' for the phoneme /k/, 'guh' for the phoneme /g/, 'tuh' for the phoneme /t/...etc.but this isn't isolating the phoneme. We don't say that a feline is a 'kuh..at' ; it's a /k/ /a/ /t/.Does that make sense?Also, I appreciated the videos, but the competing noise from other apparent sessions in the room was very distracting.
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Whitney
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June 19, 2024
Useful and tangible info
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Member
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June 19, 2024
Excellent video examples
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Member
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June 19, 2024
I appreciated the emphasis on evidence-based data and research to support the information provided in the presentation.
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Heidi
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June 18, 2024
I loved the visuals used in the presentation to help therapist while teaching phonemic and phonological awareness and especially the free download for multi-modality cues.
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Member
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June 18, 2024
Good presentation of informationWell organized handoutVideo examples
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Melodee
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June 18, 2024
I liked the videos and tips on how to implement these new ideas immediately.
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Member
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June 17, 2024
The presenter is very knowledgeable and organization of her presentation was very beneficial to understanding the topic.
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Member
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June 17, 2024
When I first started out, I worked for a public school that had the SLPs be the Tier II interventionists for RtI and we did all of this. It was great because of our skill set. I did a Story Champs Lesson at the end to work on Narrative retell. We saw the kids 2x a week. We used did a lot of Elkonin boxes, etc... and phoneme manipulation to create new words. It prevented kids from needing special education. Then the historic DeVos era cuts took place in Michigan.
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Stacey
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June 15, 2024
excellent presentation with examples
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Member
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June 15, 2024
Great videos and examples of activities!
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Member
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June 14, 2024
Great course
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Kimberly
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June 14, 2024
The presenter was wonderful! I thoroughly appreciated the examples, videos, and handouts!
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Darcy
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June 12, 2024
Learning the three pivitol skills most important and predictive of school age literacy skills.
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Member
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June 11, 2024
I liked that the instructor talked about the reason to make intervention very dynamic (speech, print, movement) and also gave examples of what it could look like.
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Brianne
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June 11, 2024
Lots of practical examples of concepts were provided.
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Member
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June 10, 2024
Great examples
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Janet
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June 9, 2024
Again, loved the clinical examples. Great visuals and verbal explanations of the frequently confused and misunderstood terms: phonological awareness, phonemic awareness and phonics. Thank you Kelly!
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Member
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June 6, 2024
I enjoyed the format. I wish there was more information regarding possible prerequisites to targeting these skills. When would a child be appropriate for direct intervention related to phonological awareness?
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Member
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June 6, 2024
I liked the suggestions for therapy and activities given in this, they seem like activities that can definitely be worked into a session.
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Member
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June 5, 2024
The material was clear and concise and the examples given were very helpful.
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Debra L
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June 5, 2024
Nice videos on activities
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Member
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June 4, 2024
Great presenter with video examples
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Kimberly
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June 4, 2024
I have learned so much from this presenter. I like the fact that literacy experiences should be visual and verbal. The incorporation of the body is also helpful for learning the monkey-head, body, tail is great. The videos presented were helpful.
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Member
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June 3, 2024
great presentation and examples
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SUSAN
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June 2, 2024
The content and examples made this course excellent.
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Barbara
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May 30, 2024
Kelly's knowledge and application in this field is amazing!
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Shannon
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May 29, 2024
I enjoyed seeing the therapy motions in action along with the checklist too. Great examples!
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