Vermont Business Magazine The Stern Center for Language and Learning announces that Nancy Mather, Ph.D., will present a half-day workshop on dyslexia and reading Friday, March 15, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier, Vermont. Dr. Mather is an internationally recognized expert on dyslexia, reading, learning, behavior and child development who has published numerous books, peer-reviewed articles and assessment tools for educators and clinicians who work with individuals who experience learning difficulties. A Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona in Tucson, her most recent book on learning disabilities is Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors (Mather, Goldstein & Eklund, 2015) and her most recent book on dyslexia is Essentials of Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention (Mather & Wendling, 2012). Mather is the co-author of one of the most widely available diagnostic tools used by psychologists and educators nationally, the Woodcock-Johnson IV. Most recently, Mather helped create an in-depth online professional learning program with Stern Center founder and president Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D., along with Janice Sammons, Ph.D., of Arizona, and fellow Vermonter Marilyn Varricchio, M.Ed., called Mindplay Comprehensive Reading Course for Educators.
Dr. Mather’s talk in Montpelier on March 15, which is underwritten by the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute for Excellence at the Stern Center, will define dyslexia and discuss the who/what/when/how and why of identifying dyslexia, a condition that affects as many as one in five individuals. Tickets cost just $35 as part of the Stern Center’s celebration of its 35th anniversary as a thriving Vermont nonprofit educational hub. Tickets available here: https://fs24.formsite.com/sterncentervt/form61/index.html
Links for more info on Nancy Mather and her March 15, 2019 visit to Vermont:
https://sterncenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mather.Bio_.SCLL-website-2.pdf
https://mailchi.mp/sterncenter/nancymatherhalfdaydyslexiaassessment
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The Stern Center for Language and Learning is a nonprofit educational resource in Williston, VT, dedicated to enriching the lives of learners. For 35 years the organization has recognized that all great minds don’t think alike, and its staff helps children and adults reach their academic, social and professional goals. The Stern Center provides research-based learning evaluations and customized instruction, including those with learning disabilities, dyslexia, language disorders, social learning challenges, autism, attention deficit disorders and learning differences. Its staff also designs and delivers customized professional learning programs and systems change using current research and trends in education. Through the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute, the Stern Center works with schools and individual educators in early literacy, oral language, reading, written language, social cognition, executive functioning and math. Courses are offered live and online. Scholarships are available. More information is at www.sterncenter.org.
Source: Williston, VT –The Stern Center 2.26.2019