October 21, 22, 23 (8:00am – 4:00pm)

Contact applesofgoldworkshops@gmail.com to register. You will be emailed an electronic invoice for $690 – once paid you will be sent a course link. Seats are limited.  

As a Wilson® Partner, Apples of Gold Center for Learning is pleased to provide the Wilson Reading System® Introductory Course for educators, therapists, parents, and other individuals who are interested in providing intensive intervention for students (and adults) with persistent phonological coding deficits. For many years, Apples of Gold has utilized the Wilson Reading System® to provide high-quality, one-on-one, intensive structured literacy for individuals with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities.

Elizabeth Hoksbergen, EdS, is a Wilson® Credentialed Trainer, Certified Wilson Dyslexia Therapist

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to do the following:

• Define dyslexia and describe common characteristics.
• Explain the process of identifying appropriate students and placing them in the Wilson Reading System.
• Understand the principles of instruction: explicit, sequential and cumulative, engaging multiple learning modalities with multisensory techniques, repetition, and feedback.
• Create an optimal learning environment, prepare a lesson plan, and practice techniques.
• Understand the key components of instruction and presentation of lessons in three blocks:

• • Block 1 – Word Study/Foundational Reading Skills: Lesson Plan Parts 1-5: Phonemic Awareness, Decoding, Vocabulary, High Frequency Word Reading, Single-Word Accuracy/Automaticity, Phrasing/Prosody, Fluency and Comprehension at the Sentence Level
  • Block 2 – Spelling/Foundational Writing Skills: Lesson Plan Parts 6-8: Phoneme Segmentation, Encoding (Spelling), English Spelling Rules, High Frequency Word Spelling, Vocabulary, Concept Mark Up, Sentence-Level Punctuation and Proofreading
  • Block 3 – Fluency/Comprehension: Lesson Plan Parts 9-10: Vocabulary, Listening/Silent and Oral Reading Fluency and Comprehension, Narrative and Informational Text

Participants may enroll in the WRS Level I Certification Training or the online course WRS Intensive Instruction for the Non-Responsive Reader (Steps 1-6) within five years of completing a WRS Introductory Course.

Prerequisite: None

Each participant will receive one licensure renewal credit.

Graduate Credit: One graduate credit (optional) is available through Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA upon completion of course requirements. Please see Process for Graduate Credit for details. Iowa licensure renewal credit also available.

Please email  applesofgoldworkshops@gmail.com to register. You will be emailed an electronic invoice for $690 – once paid you will be sent a course link. Seats are limited.