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January 26, 2026
presenter
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Member
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January 24, 2026
The subject and the presenters knowledge and style.
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Amy
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January 18, 2026
The plethora of specific examples made this course extremely helpful and understandable. Also appreciate the list of references.
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Member
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January 15, 2026
The presentation style
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Member
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January 14, 2026
I learned a lot that I had never been taught before about English spelling and the relationship to morphology.
by
Member
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January 13, 2026
It was an area that I was not super familiar with, but this course gave me a good idea of how to go forward when explaining morphology to my kids, as well as lots of useable resources!
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Ernesto Antonio
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January 11, 2026
This course was excellent because it clearly connected linguistic theory with practical instructional strategies. The explanations were well structured, engaging, and easy to follow, and the examples helped deepen understanding of complex concepts. The content was highly relevant to educational and clinical practice, making it both informative and immediately applicable.
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Member
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January 11, 2026
This course was excellent because it provided engaging, research-based strategies for teaching complex spelling patterns, morphology, and etymology. It emphasized Structured Word Inquiry, offered practical tools like word matrices and word journals, and used memorable techniques for challenging words, making learning interactive, meaningful, and immediately applicable in classroom and therapy settings.
by
Member
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January 8, 2026
The complexity of orthographic phonology was easily understood through the course explanations. Thanks!
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Member
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December 31, 2025
The information was presented well and I enjoyed the presentation.
by
Member
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December 31, 2025
examples
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Member
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December 31, 2025
This course was a nice refresher on morphology, word structures, IPA, provided good visuals that would be useful to utilize in therapy to help support accurately placement of articulators for my students. As noted in on another course, this also opens up conversations between SLPs and reading specialists/teachers to help support student needs within the school setting.
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Wendy
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December 31, 2025
The material was presented in a comfortable, straightforward manner. The graphics that accompanied the instruction visually reinforced the instruction (which is very important to me as a visual learner). While there was a lot of information presented, the instructional style kept me engaged throughout.
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stephanie
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December 30, 2025
helped to transcribe childrens speech
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Member
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December 30, 2025
The slideshow was very helpful and very well made.
by
Member
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December 30, 2025
This is a lot of information for one course, but it is super helpful.
by
Member
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December 30, 2025
This was an intense course. I can see using these strategies with your GT and high performing students. This was a course for people who love linguistics. I found it challenging to the different components in breaking down words.
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Member
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December 29, 2025
Very interesting, informative, and enlightening, but it is a lot of information and a bit overwhelming. Etymology is a deep topic that would take a long time to learn more!
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Maylin
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December 29, 2025
This course was very good because it connected research-based linguistics concepts to practical classroom and clinical instruction. The content helped clarify how morphology, etymology, and structured word inquiry support spelling, vocabulary, and reading development. The examples were engaging, meaningful, and easy to apply, making complex ideas accessible and immediately useful for supporting students’ literacy growth.
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Member
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December 29, 2025
Fantastic course
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Member
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December 29, 2025
This presentation was very thorough and provided many helpful examples/models. Many resources were provided to utilize in therapy to help find etymology, IPA, etc.
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Diane
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December 29, 2025
Like the breakdown of helping how to spell and memorize.
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Breanna
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December 29, 2025
What made it good was the visual aspect of it
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Maite
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December 28, 2025
It was an interesting topic and how it can relate to my students.
by
Member
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December 27, 2025
The author was organized, informative, and interesting.
by
Member
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December 27, 2025
Complicated for students
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Member
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December 27, 2025
The instructors explained the basis for this approach well from a theoretical perspective. However, despite 40 years of clinical experience, I could not see how it could be applied effectively in a school setting and/or with 99% of the elementary-aged population I have served. Is there a scope and sequence to guide instruction? How does this work for young students with limited metalinguistic skills? What data indicate that this approach is effective?
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Member
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December 24, 2025
The title sounded interesting.
by
Member
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December 24, 2025
Great info
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Member
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December 23, 2025
content was good, somewhat engaging
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Member
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December 23, 2025
As a certified Orton-Gillingham practitioner I disagreed with a small portion of their instructional practices. I think teaching students word relatives (especially thinking of students with Dyslexia and DLD) when they likely don't have knowledge of word relatives, means that I am just providing even more instruction and information they need remember. I have found that using Etymonline and working backwards has been more effective that asking "what are this word's relatives?".
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Member
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December 23, 2025
Sparked my interest in this topic for further study
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Charles
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December 22, 2025
Applicability to my role as a school-based SLP.
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Samantha
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December 22, 2025
Thank you for the thorough examples and explanation
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Member
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December 21, 2025
Providing concrete examples on how to break down words into meanings, relatives, and spelling.
by
Member
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December 21, 2025
I felt this presentation was hard to understand. I am sure the material is dry and hard to present even with the wonderful handouts, displays and graphics I found it hard to follow.
by
Member
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December 21, 2025
Examples
by
Member
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December 21, 2025
Deep dive into a topic I don't know about and want to learn more about
by
Member
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December 20, 2025
Same comments as above.
by
Member
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December 20, 2025
I learned alot.
by
Member
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December 19, 2025
the examples
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Member
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December 18, 2025
Examples and new information regarding Phonology
by
Member
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December 15, 2025
This is a really important skill to teach kids, but it feels like even though it is within my scope it might be more useful in the hands of an educator who could teach this consistently throughout the school.
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Janine
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December 15, 2025
The slides were clear and concise, easy to follow.
by
Member
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December 15, 2025
I found some of this information confusing.
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Brandi
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December 13, 2025
I'm currently working in a private speech language pediatric clinic and Barton Reading and Spelling is primarily used for teaching reading and spelling rules. This course shed light on how etymology directly impacts word spellings and how different the 2 approaches are when explaining "rules" vs. meanings of base words + their "relatives" (e.g., prefixes, affixes, suffixes). This was an excellent presentation, a bit overwhelming, but excellent.
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Angela
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December 12, 2025
This is one of the best courses I've taken on speechpathology.com. The presenters were knowledgeable, research- based, and challenged me to think deeply.
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Member
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December 10, 2025
Made me think about the swi approach
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Member
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December 10, 2025
Examples.
by
Member
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December 10, 2025
A great review.
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Nikki
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December 9, 2025
This portion of the course was excellent because it highlighted effective strategies for teaching and understanding language, word structure, and phonetics. Learning about multisensory approaches—such as using color to emphasize the “p” in pterodactyl—reinforced practical ways to help students notice and remember tricky spelling patterns.
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Molly
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December 8, 2025
The content and resources were very helpful.
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Member
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December 7, 2025
This course was excellent because it finally unpacked the logic behind English spelling in a way that was clear, engaging, and practical. Instead of relying on memorization or traditional phonics rules that often fall apart, the course showed how spelling truly works through the integration of phonology, morphology, and etymology. The instructors used meaningful examples, real word investigations, and hands-on IPA practice to make abstract ideas concrete and easy to apply.
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Member
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December 6, 2025
lots of good information
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Member
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December 3, 2025
This was really great information, but it was also somewhat overwhelming, as I've never heard of SW,I and so much of the information was intense. I think that it is an amazing way to teach spelling and word comprehension.
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Member
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December 2, 2025
This will really help with teaching word meaning and spelling!
by
Member
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December 1, 2025
Great Course
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Member
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December 1, 2025
This course made me look at spelling in a totally different way!
by
Member
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November 30, 2025
I liked the charts and examples
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Member
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November 30, 2025
I have had many students and people I know who struggled with spelling. Finding a more logical way is helpful. The presentation was a good place and covered a good amount of information.
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Member
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November 28, 2025
it was interesting to learn about prefixes and how to teach orthographics.
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Member
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November 26, 2025
There was a lot of information presented that I was not familiar with before.
by
Member
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November 26, 2025
The instructors provided many examples.
by
Member
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November 23, 2025
good examples
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Member
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November 23, 2025
They used good examples.
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Darselle
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November 22, 2025
That Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) teaches spelling, reading, and vocabulary by exploring the interrelationship of morphology, etymology, phonology, and orthography, rather than relying on memorization or phonics alone.
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Member
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November 19, 2025
The presenter really explained all topics well
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Member
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November 18, 2025
Confusing
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Renee
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November 17, 2025
I usually work in a rehab setting, but at home I have homeschooled my two boys since COVID, and spelling has been one of the hard topics to teach. When we have questions in the future I plan to try this with them.
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Member
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November 16, 2025
Stronge examples
by
Member
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November 13, 2025
It was very informative and I learned a lot about this subject area.
by
Member
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November 13, 2025
Very Interesting. I always loved phonology in college. We need more information like this for the classroom and to teach reading. Good resources....
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Member
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November 12, 2025
Excellent use of word examples to explain meaning
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Sonya
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November 10, 2025
The presenters were very knowledgeable and demonstrated how phonology skills translate into improved orthography.
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TERESA
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November 8, 2025
I really enjoyed getting back to my linguistic roots!
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Member
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November 7, 2025
The course provided a clear and useful explanation of orthographic phonology and made a direct connection between it and real literacy intervention. I was able to apply the ideas to evaluation and instruction right away since the examples made difficult concepts simple to understand. The teacher was well-organized, captivating, and provided clear explanations of every concept.
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Member
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November 5, 2025
This is the first time I have ever heard of Structured Word Inquiry. I am an SLP who has been using a Structured Literacy approach to my students with dyslexia. I have seen so many gains made using a structured literacy approach but I love how this truly gives them the "why" as in two being the number two being spelled with a /tw/ like in twin. Great resources as well!
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Member
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November 4, 2025
The course was great, just a little boring but the info was very helpful and I will use it in my job!
by
Member
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November 1, 2025
Great explanation of orthographic phonology. I learned some new things in this course that will be implemented.
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Courtney
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October 31, 2025
Tons of information!!!!
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Member
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October 28, 2025
Love this new way of looking at how words are spelled and why. I will need to re-read the transcript to see if it is recommended for dyslexia. I have looked at reading programs aimed at learning prefix/suffix, but this makes so much sense.
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Julia E
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October 26, 2025
EXTREMELY detailed and informative to me because I have a SOLID background in teaching reading/language arts. I am also a born grammarphile and I LOVE the mechanics of language. So I loved that I could actually gain new knowledge.
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Member
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October 21, 2025
The entire explanation of the SWI approach was very clear, especially with the multiple examples given (i.e., how to synthesize or analyze given words).
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Cierra
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October 21, 2025
Lots of good information!
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Member
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October 17, 2025
Great information.
by
Member
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October 16, 2025
I enjoyed this course
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Member
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October 11, 2025
The topic of this course is fascinating, however; I just can't imagine that I will use the information during speech therapy. I may use the information when educating teachers. I don't often work on spelling but I can see myself using this information when teaching my students word meanings. The presenters' knowledge amazed me!
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Member
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October 11, 2025
Practical applications offered
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Lynette
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October 10, 2025
It makes so much sense because of the cognitive load the students who struggle experience. I enjoyed learning about SWI!
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Member
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October 9, 2025
Very detailed! Never looked at orthography in such depth at grad school.
by
Member
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October 7, 2025
The presenters shared a lot of real life applicable examples.
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Denise
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October 6, 2025
I can't wait to begin SWI with my middle school students to enhance their spelling, reading, and comprehension skills.
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Member
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October 5, 2025
The examples and list of several words and methods of analyzing and learning words with students of various ages to assist in my acquisition of knowledge.
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Member
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October 2, 2025
presenters
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Jodi
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October 1, 2025
interesting topic
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Mary
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September 29, 2025
Not sure how frequently I can use this information but I respect it, and will watch for times when I can employ a simplified version of this when one of my 4th and 5th grade speech students who sometimes ask why a word is spelled the way it is.
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Member
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September 18, 2025
Enjoy the handouts in the powerpoint!
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sarah
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September 18, 2025
I would either need many, many more training hours to understand this or a different approach if these students were on my caseload
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Patricia
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September 18, 2025
This was great! I am right with you on teaching the history/etymology of words. I'm an SLP who worked part-time while my husband and I were home-schooling our 4 children. We used a variety of homeschool resources, including a card game called Rummy Roots, the Vocabulary from Classical Roots series, and even a Mennonite Curriculum called Rod and Staff that taught Greek and Latin roots in its spelling curriculum. All our children acknowledged that that was instrumental for them.
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Member
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September 17, 2025
The speaker provided very detailed examples!
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