Reading difficulties and psychological distress often coexist in adolescents, affecting their confidence, motivation, and identity. How can educators recognize the connection and respond in ways that help students keep learning?
Join EdWeb for a session with Paul Black, Ed.D., NCSP (Literacy Advocate and School Psychologist, Salt Lake City School District; Board Chair, RISE Institute for Literacy), Angelica Hoffman (Reading Interventionist, Horn Lake High School), and David Hoffman, Ph.D. (Teacher, Horn Lake High School).
Presenters will cover assessing decoding, word recognition, fluency, and comprehension; explicit, systematic instruction; self-efficacy and self-concept; and a Notice → Understand → Respond → Reinforce framework for addressing academic avoidance.
Designed for middle and high school teachers, interventionists, special educators, school psychologists, counselors, and administrators. It’s not too late for our adolescent students to learn to read.
