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Nancy Mather, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona in Tucson in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies. She has served as a learning disabilities teacher, a diagnostician, a university professor, and an educational consultant. She has published numerous articles and books and conducts workshops on assessment and instruction both nationally and internationally. Dr. Mather is a co-author of the Woodcock-Johnson IV and has co-authored two books on interpretation and application of the WJ IV. Her most recent book on dyslexia is: Essentials of Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention (Mather & Wendling, 2012) and on learning disabilities: Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors (Mather, Goldstein, & Eklund, 2015). She is also coauthor of the recently released MindPlay Comprehensive Reading Course for Educators, along with Blanche Podhajski (Stern Center President), Marilyn Varricchio and Janice Sammons. The workshop, which is underwritten by the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute for Excellence at the Stern Center for Language and Learning, will focus on the assessment of dyslexia. In addition to defining dyslexia, Dr. Mather will discuss the importance of assessing cognitive and linguistic processes, including phonological awareness, orthographic coding, processing speed, and rapid automatized naming. In addition, she will discuss the challenges of early identification, as well as twice exceptional students and co-occurring disorders, such as ADHD and language impairment. Target Audience: School psychologists, diagnosticians, special education teachers, reading teachers, speech and language pathologists, school administrators, classroom teachers, and parents. Learning Objectives: 1. understand the definition, characteristics and neuroscience of dyslexia 2. learn the cognitive and linguistic factors that contribute to dyslexia 3. understand the assessment techniques for diagnosing dyslexia www.sterncenter.org Students with Dyslexia We DO Know Who They Are! March 15, 2019 | Capitol Plaza | Montpelier, Vermont | 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $35
