Classes
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER CERTIFICATE
The University of Colorado Denver offers a series of three graduate level
courses specifically designed to develop the skills necessary to work
effectively with students on the autism spectrum. The Autism Spectrum
Certificate courses build a specific set of evidence-based practices for
teaching students in preschool, elementary and secondary schools. The
certificate can be earned in one year through various online, practicum and
face-to-face components in each course.
For more information about the certificate, graduate credit, tuition, dates,
and locations
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For information on the additional two classes offered
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To register visit
www.cudenver.edu/registrar
The RtI in Your Classroom Series
Progress Monitoring with Curriculum-Based Measures for Instructional Decisions
• Use multiple strategies to maximize the
effectiveness of early school year data gathering initiatives as a way to
“progress monitor” all students in the building
• Use data pertaining to progress monitoring and
review data on students receiving supplemental intervention
• This session is
geared toward teachers who are currently implementing CBM
and administrators who are supporting CBM implementation
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November 17 & 18, 2008 |
$60.00 |
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Closing the Comprehension Gap through Building Vocabulary and Oral Language
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Align instruction with assessment data
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Understand the research base on why the components of oral
language, academic language and vocabulary knowledge is essential for
reading comprehension
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Examine the research base for teaching comprehension, the
reasons why students have difficulty with comprehension and the factors that
contribute to text comprehension
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Understand techniques for word use, knowledge of word relationships,
word consciousness and its connection to meaning
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Learn engaging word-learning strategies for instruction in
vocabulary
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Learn selected strategies for teaching comprehension at the
phrase, sentence, paragraph and passage levels supported by research
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Understand the questioning techniques and strategies that are
useful before, during and after reading
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Dec. 4, 2008 |
$75.00 |
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Closing the Achievement Gap for the Adolescent Learner Who Struggles with Math
Participants will:
· Empower educators to develop and use mathematics content from the number and operation and the Algebra strands, and to adapt instruction to meet the needs of all students.
· Help teachers learn ways to infuse problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, representation, and connections into mathematics strands to improve student engagement and understanding.
· Support teachers and paraprofessionals in meeting the “highly qualified” requirements of the No Child Left Behind Legislation Act.
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Nov. 13 & Dec. 4, 2008 |
$75.00 |
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Talking Classroom (Oral Language Development) and Nifty Fifty Evidence-Based Literacy Intervention Strategies
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Understand the
connection between oral language and literacy
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Learn how to
create meaningful opportunities for students to practice oral language
· Learn
how to encourage sentence elaboration
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Learn flexible use of
activities to support classroom management during literacy instruction
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$75.00 |
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Adolescent Readers Who Struggle: Evidence-Based Strategies for Closing Their Achievement Gap