Creating an inclusive learning environment Workshop (2016)

Creating an inclusive learning environment: For students with Dyslexia and other learning difficulties.
Presented By Karen Starkiss.

By reading her list of accomplishments it is 100% clear that Karen Starkiss is very knowledgeable and has a great deal of experience in dealing with Dyslexia and other learning difficulties. It is not until you sit in a room with her that you begin to understand exactly how valuable a presenter she is. Karen Starkiss has a professional air and the ability to transfer her knowledge to those attending in an engaging and understandable way. This professional approach is tempered with a wonderous childlike quality with an underlying wisdom that also makes her instantly likeable and trustworthy. It is rare to come across a presenter able to transfer so much knowledge and wisdom in so little time without much of it being lost due to being assaulted by such a high volume of information.

This presentation contains both theory and active practical components (as per the video below) and promises to be just as great of a day as it has been in the past.

This workshop has been selected to support CRTs in meeting VIT's Special Needs component of 2016 and 2017 registration and to target a local increase in the number of diagnosed Dyslexic students.


Karen Starkiss in Action - Creating a Dyslexia Friendly Classroom.

Wangaratta presentation 2012

Content Outline:

  • How to recognise that a student is dyslexic
  • How to gather evidence and informally assess individual students in the classroom
  • Identifying individual learning styles and creating a multi-sensory environment
  • Additional structures to support the school in becoming inclusive: guidelines for staff, and Provision Maps for targeted support
  • How to develop a range of strategies to support students in class and individually
  • Specific support for reading, writing and spelling
  • Using ICT to support students and ideas for class work
  • How to put together individual programmes for students and meet individual needs
  • Lots of ideas and practical activities to support learners
  • Useful websites with free resources to support the teacher and the students

Venue:
The Overlander Hotel/Motel, 97 Benalla Road Shepparton.



Date: Friday 1 April, 2016.
Cost: Free.
Sign in: 8.45am.
Workshop: 9.00am - 3.30pm.
Certificate supplied (6.5 hours).

This is a fully catered PD (morning tea and lunch, all day tea/coffee).

To book (or for further information):  Please email sheppartoncrtsupportnetwork@hotmail.com with the subject line Karen Starkiss PD.

When booking please provide:

  • Your name as to appear on the certificate.
  • Your name as you would like it to appear on your name tag (first names/nicknames only).
  • Any dietary requirements (vegetarian etc), food allergies, and related issues we need to be aware of for catering purposes.
LIMITED PLACES REMAINING. Current bookings - 34 of 50.  Network membership is not required for attendance.

BOOKINGS CLOSE MONDAY 29 MARCH at 5.00 PM.


What to bring: Yourself and note-taking supplies! This is a catered PD with morning tea and lunch provided. As usual there will be the capsule coffee machine with an assortment of coffees and hot chocolates as well as an assortment of teas on offer. Please feel free to arrive a little early to get yourself a hot, steamy beverage and socialise!

Regards,

Mel Lichnovsky-Klock
Shepparton CRT Support Network Co-ordinator.