Hello LD Discussion list members ~

 

This is Day 3 and the topic is Professional Development in the area of
Learning Disabilities.  I can talk a bit about the LD training series we
have offered and the new Peer Coaching initiative. I hope that if you are
interested in this topic that you refer to the article in Focus on Basics.
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/fob/2007/fob_8d.pdf In that
article we shared some Ohio statistics related to screenings for LD over the
past 2 years. 

 

The LD Training series is required by all ABLE administrators, instructors
and support staff. When we started the initiative there were 2 face to face
workshops - we call them LD 201 and LD 202 - that all instructors had to
attend. The administrators and support staff only had to attend a one-day
workshop. 

 

The first several years of this mandate were challenging. I was the lead
trainer at that point and traveled all over the state offering workshops for
sometimes up to 50 people at a time. There was little time for anything
else. We decided that it was so costly for us and for the ABLE staff to
attend these workshops, that we should put something online. We did develop
the first workshop into an online training module and now that is the
prerequisite to the second face to face workshop for instructors.  To date,
over 430 individuals have accessed the online training.  You can access the
online LD videos at http://able-ohiou.org/ld_training_vide . 

 

Lately, the number of people signing up for the face to face workshops has
decreased significantly. It is much more manageable. We offer the face to
face workshops twice yearly now. 

 

I will talk about the Peer Coaching program in the next post. 

 

My questions for the list:

 

*	What professional development in the area of learning disabilities
is required in your state? 
*	What formats have been used to deliver the professional development
for learning disabilities? 
*	What would teachers like to see offered? What is needed?

 

 

Hope there is someone out there with some ideas!

 

Sharon

 

Sharon Reynolds

Coordinator

Central/Southeast ABLE Resource Center

338 McCracken Hall

Ohio University

Athens, Ohio 45701

 

1(800 )753 - 1519

(740) 593 - 0969

FAX (740) 593 - 2834

 <mailto:reynols1 at ohio.edu> reynols1 at ohio.edu

 

"When one teaches, two learn." - Robert Half

 

 

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