Virtual Learning Consortium

Behavior Supports for Intensive Intervention

Audience: Educators

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Why take this course?  This course focuses on enhancing educators’ skills in behavior support for intensive intervention.

Course Description: This course deepens learners’ understanding of intensive instruction through exploration of behavioral theory and instructional strategies that support academic intervention and serve as a foundation for intensive behavior intervention within the data-based individualization (DBI) process. Eight modules are designed to build educators’ knowledge of behavioral theory and strengthen their skills in designing and delivering effective supports for students with intensive needs.

Modules: 

1. Behavior Theory I
2. Behavior Theory II
3. Antecedent & Instructional Strategies
4. Consequence Strategies to Increase Behavior
5. Consequence Strategies to Decrease Behavior
6. Defining, Measuring, and Monitoring Behavior
7. Using Behavior Data to Inform Decisions
8. Intensifying Behavioral Interventions

Demystifying the Science of Reading: Understanding the Reading Brain and the Structured Literacy Approach

Audience: Educators

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Why take this course? Discover how the science of reading, structured literacy, and the Orton-Gillingham approach work together to create effective, evidence-based reading instruction practices.

Course Description: This course explores the scientific frameworks that help shape the science of reading. Participants will discover how structured literacy applies the science of reading in the classroom. Instructional principles and elements will be outlined and explained in five 2 hour modules which connect the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction. 

Modules:

1. Demystifying the Science of Reading Understanding the Reading Brain and the Structured Literacy Approach
2. The Science of Reading & Structured Literacy Phonology 
3. The Science of Reading & Structured Literacy Phonics
4. The Science of Reading & Structured Literacy Orthography
5. The Science of Reading & Structured Literacy Semantics

Features of Explicit Instruction

Audience: Educators

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Why take this course?  This course strengthens educators’ understanding of explicit instruction, a high-leverage practice in education supported by a strong evidence base.

Course Description: This 4-part course provides learners with an opportunity to extend their understanding of explicit instruction through in-depth exposure to the explicit instruction model and supporting practices required for effective implementation. It is designed for educators with background knowledge in intensive intervention and data-based individualization (DBI).

Modules:

1. Modeling and Practicing to Help Students Reach Academic Goals
2. Supporting Practices: Using Effective Methods to Elicit Frequent Responses
3. Supporting Practices: Providing Immediate Specific Feedback and Maintaining a Brisk Pace
4. Evaluating the Use of Explicit Instruction to Support Students' Academic Needs

Intensive Intervention in Mathematics

Audience: Educators

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Why take this course?  This course provides educators with the opportunity to extend their understanding of intensive intervention through in-depth exposure to data-based instruction in mathematics.

Course Description: This course includes eight modules focused on intensive mathematics intervention as a data-driven process to support students with the greatest needs. Participants learn to align instruction and assessment, administer and interpret key measures, and use progress monitoring data to inform instructional decisions. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based practices, including explicit instruction, mathematical representations, and academic language, with strategies to support both whole number and rational number content.

Modules: 

1. Developing a Scope and Sequence for Intensive Intervention
2. Mathematics Progress Monitoring and Determining Response
3. Selecting and Evaluating Evidence-based Practices in Mathematics
4. Intensive Mathematics Intervention: Instructional Delivery
5. Intensive Mathematics Intervention: Instructional Strategies
6. Whole-Number Content for Intensive Intervention
7. Rational-Number Content for Intensive Intervention
8. Data-based Instruction for Intensive Mathematics Intervention

Intensive Intervention in Reading

Audience: Educators

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Why take this course? Develop educators’ understanding of intensive reading interventions and strengthen data-based decision-making skills.

Course Description: This course provides learners with an opportunity to extend their understanding of intensive intervention through in-depth exposure to data-based individualization (DBI) in reading, complete with exemplars from actual classroom teachers.

Modules: 

1. Introduction to Intensive Intervention in Reading
2. Essential Components to Reading - (Resources only)
3. Intervention Programs for Reading
4. How Does Progress Monitoring and Instructional Decision Making Work Within Reading?
5. Diagnostic and Mastery Assessment in Reading
6. Qualitative Adaptions for Teaching Word Reading
7. Qualitative Adaptions for Teaching Comprehension