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| Which training is right for you? Our trainings are designed to fit well within a variety of teaching situations. Review the 3 tiers of training below to determine which trainings will best meet your needs. Then, review our training catalog for detailed class descriptions, dates, cost and training materials included.
Tier 1 - Core Reading Programs: A scientifically based core curriculum in the regular classroom provides students with the knowledge needed to become skilled readers. The one-day and half-day trainings at this level are intended to complement the core language arts curriculum implemented in the classroom.
Tier 2 - Intervention Programs: Some students require small group intervention in addition to their regular classroom work. Reading Specialists, Special Education Teachers, Speech Language Pathologists as well as Regular Classroom Teachers participate in the trainings under this level to use in a variety of small group situations.
Tier 3 - Remediation Programs: Some students need intensive remediation in Alphabetic Phonics based curriculum designed to teach students with language learning differences, like dyslexia, to become successful readers. Whether they are adult unskilled readers or children with diagnosed learning differences, these curricula will best meet their unique needs.
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Navigate Readiness (6 Hours)
Appropriate for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and transitional 1st grade teachers, special education teachers and speech-language pathologists.
Pre-reading curriculum focusing on prevention of reading difficulties.
Teachers will learn:
- Phonological awareness activities
- Letter recognition and alphabet sequencing activities
- Oral language including vocabulary, comprehension, listening and verbal expression
- Multi-sensory techniques to develop sound-symbol relationships
Package Includes Tuition & Materials
Reading Readiness Manual
Teacher’s kit includes: classroom size alphabet strip, TELL cards, story-graphing cards, schedule, set of transparencies, alphabet mat
20 student kits include: set of 3-D letters, alphabet mat, desk size alphabet strip, mirror
Course Cost $300
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Advanced Alphabetic Phonics (100 Hours)
- Continuation of Alphabetic Phonics training may earn trainees a certificate as an Alphabetic Phonics Therapist
- Trainees are recognized as a Certified Academic Language Therapist upon completion of course requirements and successful results on the national exam
Course Requirements:
- Fulfill all Introductory Alphabetic Phonics requirements
- Participate in a 2-week summer training
- Attend 3 Saturday seminars & Complete 5 demonstrations
- Work with an individual or small group throughout the year
- Log 350 practicum hours
Package includes Tuition & Materials
Multisensory Teaching Manual
Situation Reading & Situation Spelling
AP Schedule III, various hand-outs & exercises
Teacher & Student Schedules IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId
Also includes: 3 Saturday Seminars, review of 5 demo lessons, mentoring by a PEC Master Instructor
Course Cost $1,600
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Reading & Spelling: Secondary (30 Hours)
Formely named Language Basics: Secondary. Appropriate for teachers of intermediate, secondary, and adult students, 4th grade and higher, who are reading inefficiently and have difficulty with spelling and written language.
Designed to improve the reading and spelling skills of adolescents and adults. Written for students who are reading at a minimum 2nd grade level, who have weak word attack skills, and have even greater difficulty with spelling and written language.
Teachers will learn:
- Balanced, multisensory approach to reading and spelling
- Different kinds of syllables, division of longer words, reliable spelling patterns,rules for adding affixes, word origins and frequently misspelled words
Package Includes:
Tuition and Materials, Reading & Spelling: Secondary Teacher’s Resource Guide, Teacher and Student Multisensory Reading & Spelling Books I & II
Resources Include: Stories For Older Students, Visual Deck, Suffix Cards, Prefix Cards, Auditory Deck, Reading & Spelling Schedule, Sentence Dictation, Various Hand-Outs & Exercises.
Manipulatives Include: WOW Mat, SOS Mat, Classroom Size Alphabet Strip
Course Cost $1,100
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Multisensory Grammar & Written Composition (6 Hours)
Appropriate for 1st - 8th grade teachers.
Teachers will learn:
- Multisensory methods for teaching the eight parts of speech
- Sequential steps in teaching sentence construction
- Basic structure of various paragraphs
- Multisensory strategies to motivate students and teach the basics of writing
Package Includes:
Tuition
Materials Kit:
Multisensory grammar Manual
Multisensory grammar cards
Paragraph cards
TELL cards
Hand-outs & Exercises
Course Cost $150
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Introductory Alphabetic Phonics (100 Hours)
Appropriate for Elementary Special Ed teachers, Reading Specialists, Speech Pathologists, and private tutors.
- Intensive academic language therapy program
- A research based and structured language curriculum
- Structured procedures & sequential curriculum that ensure students’ progress in both learning & retaining information
Teachers will learn to create individualized, structured multisensory lessons that encompass the following areas:
Phonological skills Decoding
Letter recognition Dictionary Skills
Alphabet Comprehension
Vocabulary Grammar
Spelling Written Composition
Handwriting Fluency
Teachers will be able to demonstrate knowledge of:
- Field of language learning disorders
- Structure of written language including phonology, morphology, orthography, syntax, semantics, composition & written language development
Course Requirements:
- Participate in 2-week summer training
- Attend 4 Saturday Seminars & Complete 5 demonstrations
- Work with an individual or small group throughout the year
- Log 350 practicum hours
Package Includes Tuition & Materials
Foundations for Literacy manual
Intro AP Notebook
Teacher & Student Schedules I, IIA, IIB, IIC,
Resources include: instant spelling deck, advanced reading deck, missing letter deck, initial reading deck, AP schedules I & II
Manipulatives include: wall cards, classroom size alphabet strip, linkage book, linkage paper, writing frame, WOW mat, LLP mat, dictation chart
20 student kits include: set of 3-D letters, alphabet mat, desk size alphabet strip, mirror
Benchmark Measures Kit
Also includes: 4 Saturday Seminars, review of 5 demo lessons, mentoring by a PEC Master Instructor
Course Cost $2500
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Structured Language Basics (30 Hours)
Enhanced and renamed version of Language Basics: Elementary. Appropriate for Elementary Teachers, Tutors, Special Education, Reading Specialists. 1st through 3rd grade.
Alphabetic Phonics-based curriculum that provides explicit instruction in the teaching of reading and spelling skills.
A research based, structured, scripted language curriculum.
Teachers will learn:
- Multisensory methods of teaching decoding, comprehension and spelling vocabulary, grammar and composition that can be integrated within existing language arts curricula or phonics-based programs
- Systematic, structured, sequential and discovery-based instructional techniques
NOTE: Certification as an Associate Academic Language Teacher (AALT) by the Academic Language Therapy Association available as an extension of SLB Training.
AALT Course requirements:
- Participate in 5 day summer training of Structured Language Basics
- Attend 2 Saturday Seminars
- Exit exam at final Saturday Seminar
- Complete 5 teaching demonstrations of an entire lesson
- Teach 60 hours min. (40 minute lessons) over 9 month period
Package Includes: Tuition & Materials, Structured Language Basics Teacher Manual & Resources
Peripherals include: Student Manipulatives, Multisensory Grammar, Primary Reading Deck, Advanced Reading Deck, Spelling Deck, Sequencing Deck, Syllable Division Deck, Sight Word Deck, Prefix Deck, Root Deck, Suffix Deck, Attribute Cards, Schedule, Story Graphs
Manipulatives include: Alphabet Mat, SOS Mat, WOW Mat, Dictation Mat, Classroom Size Alphabet Strip
20 Student Kits Include: Set of 3-D Letters, Alphabet Mat, Desk Size Alphabet Strip, Mirrors
Course Cost $1,200 |
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Building Fluency (3 Hours)
Appropriate for 1st - 5th grade regular and Special Education teachers.
Teachers will learn:
- Importance of fluency in reading
- Role of decodable text in developing fluency
- Assessing fluency
- Choosing materials for practice and assessment
- System for planning lessons to increase accuracy and fluency
Package Includes:
Tuition
Materials Kit:
PEC Calculator
PEC Stopwatch
Handouts & Exercises
Course Cost $80
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Reading Comprehension (3 Hours)
Appropriate for 2nd grade and above teachers.
Teachers will learn:
- Activities that develop oral language, listening skills, vocabulary and reading comprehension
- Strategies for improving vocabulary and comprehension
Package Includes:
Tuition
Materials Kit:
Reading Comprehension Book
Story Graphing Cards
Handouts & Exercises
Course Cost $80
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Discovery Spelling (6 Hours)
Appropriate all teachers and educators.
Teachers will learn:
- How to recognize different types of spellers
- Five basic spelling rules
- Regular and situational spelling patters
- How to teach irregular words
Package Includes:
Teacher’s Guide
Student Pages
Flip Chart
Course Cost $100
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