CEO Bristol Standard, LLC Atlanta, GA, United States
Abstract Description : A Stealthy Decoding Disorder: This session will explore a memory theory, which when reduced to classroom and online practice, taught basic decoding skills 6-7 times faster per contact hour than Orton Gillingham. After a 12 minute overview of the memory theory, we'll look at how attempted word memorization interacts with memory itself to create an abnormal, self-sustaining memory formation that sometimes devastates reading comprehension. Evidence will show that memorization simply doesn't work and has numerous counterproductive side effects that slow reading progress. Results obtained suggest dyslexia is over-diagnosed and that roughly half of all 3rd grade reading failures can be avoided. Inattentive students saw HUGE gains.
If someone was doing a search for your session in the program what 5 words might they use to search for and find your session.: Memory, Reading, Phonics, Dyslexia, ADHD
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will know how to introduce sight words (in person) without memorization, will know how to identify weaknesses in their current reading programs, and will know a simple fix for a major source of decoding errors.
At the end of this session, particpants will be able to capture pronunciation errors during testing and will have some idea of how to analyze these errors to identify the causes of decoding errors within the instructional regime.
