Description: Targeted assessment for reading and writing skills are very necessary for therapists and educators to know when and how to plan intervention. This short, recorded workshop series of 3 sessions will focus on the three developmental pathway phases necessary to determine where a student could be inhibited from showing the progress that need to be made. The assessment process will consider reading decoding, comprehension and writing supported through the science considered in Track 1 regarding the theory behind reading and writing skill.  Both reading and writing share multiple networks in the brain, even as they each add distinctive differences as well. Educational reading assessments consider if the child can decode fluently or comprehend the material they read. A developmental reading assessment considers the pathways in the brain that is necessary to develop the readiness to decode and integrate the information with fluency and comprehension. This process is one-of-a kind and quite uniquely developed by Maude Le Roux, using her Developmental Pathways Model with a twist. It bridges a very necessary gap between development and acquiring reading and writing skill for the purposes of education. Included would be an evaluation template as well as clinical observation forms with norms that can be used and copied by the attendee if the footnote could state that it was obtained from the Maude Le Roux Academy.

It is recommended to view the Track 1 recorded series considering the science and theory behind reading and writing skill, hosted in the recorded section of www.maudeleroux.com  prior to commencing in this workshop series.

Outline / Agenda:

Session 1: Phase 1 – Foundation

Session 2: Phase 2 – Organization

Session 3: Phase 3 - Achievement

Learning Objectives:

Overview of the assessment template

• Consider the written template provided in 3 developmental stages
• List at least 5 assessment considerations within each of the 3 stages

Phase 1: Foundation Considerations

• Consider the impact of registration of the auditory, visual, and vestibular triad as foundation of developing reading skill
• List at least 2 primitive reflexes to consider in the developmental assessment

Phase 2: Organization Considerations

• Consider the impact of Bilateral Integration, Visual Spatial and Timing Development as building blocks in the development of reading skill
• List at least 5 components of Praxis for developmental consideration

Phase 3: Executive Function Considerations

• Consider the impact of attention and working memory in the development of reading decoding, reading fluency, and reading comprehension
• Describe the impact of timing difficulties in phase 2 with regards to timing organization, pacing through learning activities, as well as assist in the organizing the sequence of material being read.

Assessment: Completion of Feedback Form

Certificate of attendance will be provided

Provider Name: The Maude Le Roux Academy

Presenter: Maude Le Roux is an occupational therapist who owns and directs 2 learning centers (A Total Approach) in Pennsylvania, USA. She is an expert in developmental ages and stages and has trained internationally in her methods since 2007. Maude developed her assessment and intervention program for the skill of reading and writing over the past 15 years, pulling from experiences spanning 40 years of clinical practice. She has completed several certifications considering reading and writing and has built her eclectic approach from a variety of sources and mentors she values. Maude is a firm believer that if typical development is good enough for the typical developer, it must be good enough for the atypical developer. Her approach to reading and writing is not educational, but developmental in support of education. She values the impact of a team approach that considers individual differences in raising the bar to unlock the potential for each student. Maude acknowledges the social-emotional implications of struggling learners and operates from her mantra: If students could, they would. She opened the virtual Maude Le Roux Academy in 2019 and lives with her husband, Charl, and beloved Airedale, Simba in the suburbs of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.

Special Needs Accommodation: We invite anyone who may need a specific accommodation to contact [email protected] and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Cancellation policy: Payment is due in full upon registration through the website and due to the nature of recorded access is non-refundable at any time.  Please contact [email protected] for further information in this regard.

Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Educators.

Educational Level: Intermediary

Instructional Methods: PowerPoint, Video, Assessment Forms

Contact Hours: 2 hours, 25 minutes

Fee: $75