Dyslexia professional development & training
Think of Pearson Clinical Assessment as your source for dyslexia training and professional development needs!
Partnering with you in an evidence-based approach to literacy achievement
Our dedication to you goes well beyond the sale of our products — we are here for you every step of the way! Training and product support can help you use our dyslexia tools and resources with fidelity, and our assessment experts are ready to help.
Administering dyslexia assessments?
We’re here to support you — virtually or in person! A virtual or in-person session will help you uncover nuances of the tests, give you practical tips for administration you can begin using immediately, and provide guidance for scoring of item responses. Need some guidance with administering dyslexia assessments via telepractice? We’re here for you!
Your assessment expert will also review scoring rules in detail to help you fully understand score profiles, item analyses, and interpretation — and how they all play into effective intervention planning.
A process-based and problem-solving approach for reading achievement needs the expertise of many professionals across disciplines and has never been more important.
We are proud to be your partner in literacy achievement!
Build a comprehensive training plan tailored to the unique needs of your district
What might a customized training plan look like for your district?
Focused learning choices in these topics benefit you, your team, and your organization. Your customized training plan will help you to stay current in the latest advances in assessment tools and reading best practices.
Break up the topics you need into one hour at a time or sign up for a full day working session.
Example: Suggested Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen™ Training Plan
- Virtual training: 1 hour with the administrators/account managers
- Administrator-level technology walkthrough, screener setup and delivery, rostering, dashboard tracking, and reporting
- Virtual training: 1 hour with the teachers
- Logging in, teacher-level technology walkthrough, student list verification, screener form completion, screener submission, individual and classroom reporting
- Virtual training: 1 hour for results review and interpretation
- Summary of data, interpretation, next steps
Example: Full day workshop to organize a Dyslexia Plan for the school/district
- Discuss and outline a Screen, Assess, Intervene, and Monitor (SAIM) workflow
- Inventory current tools in the district, then map them to each part of the workflow
- Discuss which professional(s) will lead each part of the process
- Establish communication and data sharing links between all parts of the workflow
Dyslexia webinars
Subscribe to our dyslexia playlist on YouTube for topical videos ranging from an introduction to dyslexia, to what a student’s academic journey may look like, and how elements of dyslexia are tested in various assessments.