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Barbara Wilson, M.Ed.
Co-Founder and President
Wilson Reading Program
Barbara A. Wilson, M.Ed., is the co-founder and president of Wilson Language Training, whose mission is to provide educators with the resources they need to help students become fluent, independent readers. Under her leadership, more than 10,000 teachers have been certified in the Wilson Reading System, which she authored based in part on her work at the Learning Disorders Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she taught adults with dyslexia how to read.
Dyslexia and Literacy Conference Archives
- University of California Los Angeles - 2018
The Dyslexia Foundation's conference Dyslexia and Literacy: Differences within Differences; was held at UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on February 15th, 2018. Previews of the sessions from the October 2017 conference can be viewed below. Full session recordings will be available soon.
Laurie Cutting, Ph.D.
Introduction to: Neurological Differences in Dyslexia and Literacy
Penelope Collins, Ph.D.
Introduction to: Dyslexia and English Language Learners: The Variations among Different Learners
Nicole Patton-Terry, Ph.D.
Introduction to: Issue Differences Among African-American Students
Barbara Wilson, M.Ed.
Introduction to: Foundation of Reading Acquisition and Dyslexia: Implications for Early Interventions
Special Thanks to our Sponsors
Special Thanks and Acknowledgement
to
Westmark School
for their support of this conference.
Gold
Brehm Preparatory School
Neuhaus Educational Center
Wilson Language Training
Silver
AIM Academy
Athena Academy
Camperdown Academy
Carroll School
Currey Ingram Academy
The Howard School
Jemicy School
Marburn Academy
The New Community School
The Schenck School
The Southport School
The Summit School
Westmark School
Bronze
UCSF Dyslexia Center, San Francisco, CA