Spelling and Orthography: A Pathway to Literacy
Friday, October 14th, 2022
A special thank you to all of our virtual and in-person attendees at our Fall Conference this year,
Dr. Joanna Christodoulou
Associate Professor
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Neuroscience of reading and reading fluency
A tribute to Will Baker
President and Founder of TDF
Dr. David Chard
Dean and Professor
Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Research related to reading fluency and reading fluency instruction
Dr. Elizabeth Norton
Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Northwestern University
Cognitive/linguistic aspects of reading fluency
Dr. Maryanne Wolf
Director of the Center for Dyslexia,
Diverse Learners, and
Social Justice at the UCLA
Fluency intervention
8:30 - 8:40 am - Welcome and Opening Statements
8:40 - 9:40 am - Dr.Donald Bolger
The Neutral underpinnings of spelling-sound and sound-spelling representations in skilled and impaired readers
Break- 9:40-10:00
10:00 - 11:15 am - Dr. Donald Compton & Valeria Rigobon, M.Ed.
What spelling performance can tell us about lexical quality: Advocating for the assessment and teaching of spelling for children
11:15 - 12:15 pm - Dr. Julie Wolter
Spelling and Morphology: The Power of Meaning as an Intervention Strategy for Literacy Success
Lunch- 12:15 - 1:00 pm
1:00 - 2:15 pm - Barbara Wilson, M.Ed.
Orthographic Mapping: How Research Informs Spelling Instruction in the Classroom
2:15 - 2:50 pm - Panel Discussion with Speakers
2:50 - 3:00 pm - Closing Remarks
Dr.Tiffany Hogan
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