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Seminars and workshops for teachers, principals and other educators

Over the past decade, CDL has been a source of specialized training for teachers, clinicians and other professionals. CDL staff and consultants deliver half day, full day, and multi-day seminars and workshops on important topics in education. These sessions are offered either by contract with a school or organization or in public sessions offered throughout the year and in different locations.

Our calendar of upcoming events that are open to the pubic is available online.

Professional development can also be held at your site, and all seminars and workshops are customized to fit your specific needs and most can be tailored to fit half-day (2-4 hours), full-day (6-8 hours), or multi-day time slots. Most seminars and workshops are appropriate for educators of students in preschool through college. All seminars and workshops can be presented on a Fundamental (Introductory), Intermediate, and/or Advanced level. Contact CDL to customize your workshop for your school, district or organization.

Topics include:

• Response to Intervention
• Discovering Mathematics Through Children's Literature
• Cooperative Learning
• The Five Essential Components of Reading and Reading Instruction plus individual sessions on each of the components
• Learning Profiles - Differentiated Instruction for Diverse Learners
• Analyzing and Using Data to Drive Instruction
• Right from Birth and Going to School
• Administering and Scoring the DIBELS
• Dyslexia and Other Reading Disorders: What They Look Like, How to Assess Them, and What Instructional Strategies Are Effective Treating Them
• The Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Processes Underlying Poor Academic Performance
• So how do we make our reading program "GO?" Instrucional Leadership for Reading
• LETRS Foundations
• LETRS Modules
• Understanding the Learning Process
• Instructional Strategies That Work
• How to Increase Motivation In Your Students
• Understanding Change Forces and Dealing With Resistance
• Assessing Assessment: User-Friendly Ways to Interpret Standardized Test Scores
• How to Increase Higher Order Thinking for Increased Student Success
• Classroom Management: Resolving Conflict in the Classroom
• How to Develop Reading and Writing Skills In Every Subject
• How to Accelerate Learning by Teaching Learning-to-Learn Strategies
• The Brain and School: How to Use Brain Research to Increase Student Achievement
• Portfolio Assessment
• How Learner-Centered Classrooms Promote Positive School Climate and Increase Student Achievement
• Successful Intelligence
• Assessing Assessment Strategies
• Diverse Strategies for Diverse Learners
• Attention and Learning
• Memory and Learning
• Language
• Graphomotor (Writing) Skills
• Organization for Increased Student Success
• Homework and Study Skills
• How to Use Cooperative Learning for Increased Student Achievement
• Linking Professional Development to Improved Student Achievement
• How to Use Student Self-Evaluation for Increased Student Achievement
• Conflict Resolution for Improved School Climate
• Professional Development that Produces Results!