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1. Distinguish the need for reading remediation vs functional cognitive retraining to improve treatment plan.
2. Develop 3 visual strategies for dyslexia to improve reading comprehension.
3. Apply 3 auditory strategies for dyslexia to follow verbal directions.
4. Determine everyday activities to improve executive cognitive function to support overall memory, interpreting what is seen and hand/eye coordination.

Neurodevelopment Etiology of Dyslexia

• Language functions of the brain and its association with dyslexia

The Power of Observation

• Dyslexia screening tool
• Case scenario- Use your powers of observation to differentiate between a person who needs remedial reading verses intervention for dyslexia
• How to turn avoidance into a treatment plan

Dyslexia is Not Just About Reading!

• Executive cognitive function developmental
• Overview required for reading success

Strategies, Interventions & Coaching for Learning Success

• Visual
• Auditory
• Visual motor (hands on activities)
• Modifications
• Time demands

Waiting on Testing? Gain Positive Outcomes In the Meantime!

• Practical in-person and virtual treatment ideas to use now
• Practical everyday activities for parents

Penny Stack, OTD, OTR/L, CLT, is the founding owner of Dyslexia Center of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Penny has over 26 years of experience as an occupational therapist that include working with children who have special learning needs. Penny is also a mother of a child with dyslexia who has shown great success in overcoming reading difficulties. Penny is certified in Handwriting Without Tears, received her Master’s in Occupational Therapy at Samuel Merritt College, Oakland California and her Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy at Loma Linda University. Her research on closed head injuries and cognitive retraining has been published in Brain Injury Journal. Penny has dedicated her current research to Dyslexia and its impact on Occupation: The lived experience.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Penny Stack is the Tulsa Community College Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Director. Dr. Stack receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Penny Stack is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association; and Oklahoma Occupational Therapy Association.

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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

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• Occupational Therapists
• Regular Classroom Teachers
• Special Education Teachers
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• School Psychologists
• School Counselors
• School Social Workers
• Reading Specialists
• Teacher Aides