The International Dyslexia Association - Ohio Valley Branch

Saturday,  April 21, 2012.

Topic:  Early Interventions in the Public School and Other Settings

The presenter will briefly discuss the need for early intervention for public school children who have difficulty in literacy.  He proposes that all students in the public schools from  kindergarten to second would benefit from OG or MSL instruction.  He will demonstrate procedures, correction techniques, lesson planning/implementation in this hands-on workshop.  He will begin from preschool/kindergarten and proceed to the primary grades.

Other areas covered are:  1) Implications for older students; 2) Procedures for whole classrooms/small group versus one-on-one: and 3) Focused interventions, a new conceptual framework for providing services to children who are not in special education.  All participants will get a CD with worksheets, card decks, etc.

1)  Morning:  Early Interventions and the MSL Lesson

2)  After Morning Break:  MSL Lesson Plan for one-on-one and for whole group

3)  After Lunch:  Continuation and Focused Interventions

Presenter: Ron Yoshimoto, M.Ed, M.S.W., Resourse Trainer for Hawaii Department of Education

Ronald Yoshimoto has been in the field of dyslexia for over 25 years as a teacher, social worker, educational diagnostician, principal, resource teacher trainer, and director of centers. He was principal of ASSETS School, a private school for dyslexics and gifted students, for 18 years.  Currently he is employed as a resource teacher for the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii where he trains public school teachers in MSL/OG and multisensory math.

In the last 7 years, he as trained 6,700 public school teachers in OG/MSL.  He is also Director of therapy centers in Singapore and Hong Kong where dyslexics are offered OG therapy.  A former vice-president of AOGPE and former president of the Hawaii Branch of IDA, he is also training in Utah and Colorado.

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Conference Agenda

8:00 A.M. REGISTRATION 

8:30 A.M.  Early Interventions and the MSL Lesson 

10:15 A.M.  BREAK

10:30 A.M. MSL Lesson Plan for One-on-One and for Whole Group 

12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. LUNCH (Lunch will be provided.)

1:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. Continuation and Focused Interventions

2:15 P.M. BREAK 

2:30 P.M. Session Continued 

3:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. ADJOURN

Each session will include numerous instructional activities, student reinforcement activities, and a Question & Answer Period.

Six Contact Hours will be awarded for attending this conference.

Place: Mayerson Jewish Community Center, 8485 Ridge Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236

Our Parent/Teacher Support Group meets three times a year.

All meetings are at:
Oakley Community Plaza
3882 Paxton Avenue (Hyde Park Plaza)
Cincinnati, OH 45209

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All meetings are free and are scheduled from 7:00 -8:30 p.m.

A free public service.

Informational Meetings for Parents and Teachers

2011-2012 SCHEDULE

Wednesday, March 7:  

Helping Your Child Become A Strategic Learner

Speaker: Barbara Hunter M.Ed. - Center Director of Springer School and Center

specializing in the areas of learning disabilities and attentional issues

You can become a coach in helping your child become a more successful and strategic learner.

Learn how thinking styles impact the approach to learning. This hands-on presentation will teach

frameworks for helping your child organize information as well as multi-sensory techniques to use

with homework.

For further information contact OVB/IDA at 651-4747  or  

Mary Ellen Villalobos: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Access the Yearly 2011-2012 Flier 

The Miami University course in multisensory phonics instruction, Course number 699.b was held this past summer at Mayerson Academy, Highland Avenue, Cincinnati. Mayerson Academy is a not-for-profit institution which is funded primarily by the Mayerson Foundation. Its primary goal is teacher development and the Academy works closely with Cincinnati Public Schools. Those who took the course received their instruction at Mayerson and did their practicum work at Rockdale Elementary School, Rockdale Ave., which is one mile north of Mayerson.

Course participants had the opportunity daily to tutor a child with learning disabilities, putting into practice the knowledge they gained from the course. Tutor trainees were supervised during each lesson by a Master Teacher.

Miami offered three graduate credits for successful completion of the course. The cost of the course was the cost of three graduate credits at that time. The only requirement for admission to the course is a bachelor’s degree in any field. Dr. Thomas Southern of the Educational psychology Department of Miami was the faculty coordinator for the course.

The Ohio Valley Branch of the International Dyslexia Association offered several scholarships for the course.

Tutoring, testing, and other referral information can be obtained by calling our Branch at (513) 651-4747. We have Parent Support Groups, as well. Many of our 220-230 members are actively involved in the treatment and remediation of dyslexia. Our members are educators, psychologists, physicians, individuals with dyslexia, and parents. We represent a network of parents and professionals who have dealt with learning disability issues on an individual basis with local public and private schools. One of IDA's most important objectives is to educate the educators and raise their awareness of dyslexia in order to increase early intervention in the schools.