Professional Development

The Hamlin Robinson School provides many opportunities for education professionals to learn skills that better prepare them for the needs of children with learning difficulties.

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities:

January 19-21 and Feb 2-4 2012   Wired for Reading

Grounded in research, the ©Wired Fore Reading Introductory Course is organized and presented in four parts: Teacher Essentials; Linguistic Foundation; Core Phonics for ‘words that play fair’; and Word Study strategies for words that do not. Click here to learn more and sign up.

July 5 - August 1 2012   Slingerland Training

Slingerland Summer Courses are offered as intensive, 4-week, full-day training sessions and include a hands-on teaching practicum. In this summer course, participants will learn how to present information including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension, along  with spelling and writing — so the visual, auditory and kinesthetic-tactile pathways are used simultaneously to  enhance student academic performance. Enhance your teaching skills and grow in your understanding of what research  indicates is needed for all children to be successful in reading and writing. Click here to learn more and sign up.