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Background
At issue is how to identify students who have specific learning disabilities (SLD) and how to determine whether they are eligible for special education services.
Agora: The Marketplace of Ideas is an unprecedented professional development program that presents opinions from more than 35 acknowledged leaders in the field. Together they offer a unique, balanced view of best practices relating to comprehensive assessment and response to intervention (RTI) in identifying SLD, as well as information to help you understand IDEA and the recently issued regulations. To put these insights and knowledge into action, you also receive in-depth training activities to reinforce learning objectives.
Everything you need for professional development in-service training
- This six-hour program includes a boxed set of DVDs and an accompanying Facilitator's Guide
- The DVDs present expert opinion and commentary from a wide range of thought leaders in the field
- The Facilitator's Guide includes a CD of downloadable training activities tied to specific learning objectives, along with practical advice regarding the preparation and delivery of the actual training
Program topics include:
- Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD): History, Controversy, and the Impact of IDEA 2004
- Response to Intervention (RTI) at Tiers 1 and 2
- Comprehensive Assessment at Tier 3
- Patterns of Strength and Weakness: An Alternative for SLD Identification
- Scientifically Based Interventions: What the Research Tells Us
- Best Practices in SLD Identification
Free Demonstration CD
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Leaders in the Field
We include opinions and research-based recommendations of these distinguished leaders:
| Vicent C. Alfonso, PhD | Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, PhD |
| Jeffery P. Braden, PhD | Jennifer T. Mascolo, PsyD |
| Jason C. Cole, PhD | Nancy Mather, PhD |
| Deborah Peek Crockett, PhD, NCSP | George McCloskey, PhD |
| Ron Dumont, EdD, NCSP | Kevin S. McGrew, PhD |
| Colin D. Elliott, PhD | Robert Misak, MA, MEd, LSSP |
| Catherine A. Fiorello, PhD | Jack A. Naglieri, PhD |
| Dawn P. Flanagan, PhD | Salvador Hector Ochoa, PhD |
| Jack M. Fletcher, PhD | Samuel O. Ortiz, PhD |
| Elaine Fletcher-Jantzen, EdD, NCSP | Daniel J. Reschly, PhD |
| Douglas Fuchs, PhD | Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD |
| Mark Fugate, PhD | Gale H. Roid, PhD |
| Michael E. Gerner, PhD, PC | Frederick A. Schrank, PhD, ABPP |
| Frank M. Gresham, PhD | Andrew Shanock, PhD |
| Elena L. Grigorenko, PhD | Margaret Jo Shepherd, EdD |
| James B. Hale, PhD | Lawrence G. Weiss, PhD |
| Lynne E. Jaffe, PhD | Perry A. Zirkel, PhD, JD, LLM |
| Alan S. Kaufman, PhD | |
| Nadeen L. Kaufman, EdD | |