Presentations

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2008

23rd Annual Florida SIM Update

Leaping into SIM

Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention 2008 (Note: These are all pdf files)

Content Literacy Continuum for Striving Readers Overview (by Don Deshler, University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, and Suzanne Robinson, Strategic Learning Center)
Literacy Leadership Teams: District and Building Support of CLC | Administrator Tip Sheets | Handouts | (By Suzanne Robinson, Strategic Learning Center, Ann Ferriter, Striving Readers Implementation Officer, and Ann Southworth, Assistant Superintendent, Springfield Public School District, Mass.)
Improving Literacy Outcomes with Planning with Course and Unit Organizers in Subject Matter Classes (By Michael Faggella-Luby, University of Connecticut, and Colleen O'Conner, Literacy Coach, Sci-Tech High School, Springfield, Mass.)
Using Content Enhancement Routines to Ensure Mastery of Critical Content Despite Poor Literacy Skills (By Dottie Turner , SIM Professional Developer, Pam Leitzell, SIM Professional Developer, and Kris Theriault, Supervisor of Social Studies, Chicopee High School, Chicopee, Mass.>
Intensive Instruction: Xtreme Reading and Strategic Reading and Writing Interventions (By Nanette Fritschmann, Lehigh University, and Neil Rosario, Chicopee Comp High School, Chicopee, Mass.)
Program evaluation of schoolwide literacy initiatives: Using data to determine direction (By Suzanne Robinson, Strategic Learning Center and University of Kansas)

2007

Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention 2007

RTI in Middle and High School: How Will the Game Play Out? | Handouts | (by Charlie Hughes, Penn State University, and Don Deshler, University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning)

2005

International Council for Learning Disabilities 2005

Building Background Knowledge for Literacy: Tying Standards-Based Planning to Inclusive Teaching

Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention & Expo 2005

Can Secondary Schools Reform to Meet the Needs of All Students? (by Deshler, Don and Sprick, Randy)
Instructional Coaching: Ensuring Implementation and Sustainability (by McKale, Tricia and Knight, Jim)
Teaching Content to All: Promoting Content Mastery in Subject Area Courses (by Harris, Monica and Lenz, Keith)
Teaching Learning Strategies in Subject-Area Courses and Support Settings (by Shumaker, Jean; Scheuermann, Amy; Faggella-Luby, Michael)
Students Who Need More: Levels 4 and 5 of the Content Literacy Continuum (by Ehren, Barbara J.)

2004

Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention & Expo 2004
(note: These files show two Powerpoint slides per page in .pdf format. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print these files.)

Overview of the Content Literacy Continuum (CLC)
Description of the CLC Levels (by Lenz, Keith and Ehren, Barbara)
CLC Level 1 (by Bulgren, Janis and Harris, Monica)
CLC Level 2 (by Faggella-Luby, Michael and Knight, Jim)
CLC Level 3 (by Schumaker, Jean and Scheuermann, Amy)
CLC Levels 4&5 (by Brasseur, Irma; Fritschmann, Nanette; Ehren, Barbara J.)
CLC Course Organizer

2003

Possible Selves (by Hock, Michael F.)

Long Island Association of Special Education Administrators (by Deshler, Don)

Closing the Performance Gap with Research-Based Interventions

Educational Research: The Hardest Science of All!!! (by (Includes CRL's standards for field-testing interventions and guiding principles)

Bright Futures for Exceptional Learners (Describes the results of a CEC study)

The Rules May Be Changing! (Describes the mission and goals of CRL's new project, the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities)

2002

Don Deshler: Candace S. Bos Memorial Lecture (September 2002)