These complimentary seminars are delivered via the Web and cover a range of topics of interest to educators. Register online today for a live webinar, or watch a webcast of a previously recorded webinar.
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Live Webinars
Looking for convenient, low-cost ways to train your staff on the Scientific Learning family of products? Introducing Scientific Learning's Virtual Academy and Web-based TrainingsPresenter: Sally O. Donlon
Date: November 20 at 8am and 12pm PST
Join us for this complimentary, live webinar that will discuss Scientific Learning's new virtual offerings. These are new training and professional development tools that are available for all of your school staff
30% Fewer Special Education Referrals: Find Out How Advances In Neuroscience Can Help Your Struggling Secondary Students
Presenter: Pat Durda
Date: December 4 at 8am and 12pm PST
Join this live, complimentary webinar to hear the latest developments in neuroscience advances and brain research. This webinar will look at how the neuroscience-based Scientific Learning family of products can help your struggling students and will review results from Swartz Creek Community School District, MI and Cumberland Co School District, NC
Narrowing the Achievement Gap for your Secondary Students
Presenter: Dr. Martha Burns
Date: December 9 at 8am PST
Join us for this complimentary, live webinar that discuss how your students can gain 1 - 2 years growth in reading in just 8 - 12 weeks. This webinar will discuss successful implementations and results in districts such as Dallas Independent School District, TX.
Previously Recorded Webinars
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- Watch a webcast of a previously recorded webinar
Secondary Literacy Today: Issues, Challenges and Solutions
Presenter: Carmyn Neely and Dr. Rosemarie Allen
Length: 1 hour
Pre-recorded webinarIn this unique roundtable discussion, we look at what changes our secondary schools have seen in recent years, what challenges secondary schools face and what interventions can be helpful in addressing these challenges.
Advance Your Students' Reading Skills with Scientific Learning® Reading Assistant™ Software: Learn How This Innovative Software Can Help Your Struggling Learners
Presenter: Louise Dube
Length: 1 hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis webinar provides information about the Reading Assistant software along with a live demonstration of the software. This webinar also looks at which of your students would benefit from this innovative software that provides one-on-one guided oral reading practice through the use of speech recognition software.
Fast ForWord® Language v2 Series: Benefits to Purchasing This New Version by December 31, 2008
Presenter: Dr. Bill Jenkins
Length: 37 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarDuring this webinar, Dr. Bill Jenkins talks about how and why the Fast ForWord v2 Series was created. He also covers how these products can impact student success for your struggling readers and English Language Learners. Find out why you should purchase by December 31st!
Accelerating Language Acquisition and Literacy for English Language Learners:
Help Your Students SucceedPresenter: Ana Bishop
Length: 64 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarHow educators can best serve ELL students in their school districts and what can be done to dramatically impact the drop out rate among ELL students? During this webinar, we will look at how the Scientific Learning family of products can best support ELL achievement goals and objectives.
Close the Achievement Gap in Your School District
Presenter: Sally Donlon
Pre-recorded webinar
Length: 40 minutesThis complimentary webinar will focus on how you can accelerate academic success for your struggling learners by improving the underlying cognitive skills that build brain capacity. We look at how 30 years of neuroscience research on how the brain learns can help your students. Lastly, we discuss how the Scientific Learning family of products can assist you in closing the achievement gap in your district/school and provide lasting results for your students.
Response to Intervention: How do the Scientific Learning family of products fit into your RtI model?
Presenter: Dr. Rosemarie Allen
Pre-recorded webinar
Length: 45 minutesDuring this complimentary webinar, we look at a brief overview and history of the three-tiered Response to Intervention model and will talk about how you can use neuroscience research and technology to deliver an effective Response to Intervention model for your students. We also look at the results of the Scientific Learning family of products and see what this software can do to improve student performance and achievement in your school district.
Helping your Struggling Learners: How the Scientific Learning family of products can make a difference for your students
Presenter: Cory Armes
Length: 60 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary webinar focuses on how you can help your struggling learners and how the Scientific Learning family of products can make a difference. We look at how the products were developed from over 30 years of neuroscience research. Lastly, we discuss what benefits your students can gain from these software products and show a demonstration of the software.
Early Indicators and Interventions for your Struggling Learners
Presenter: Jacqueline R. Egli
Length: 30 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary webinar presents how early indication and early intervention can help your struggling students and help you reduce the achievement gap in your school/district. We look at the early indicators and why identifying your students early can help them succeed. We then take a look at the Scientific Learning family of products and how these products can help close this achievement gap.
Funding Sources for your Struggling Learners: An introduction to Grants and Funding
Presenter: Joseph Noble, Ph.D.
Length: 45 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary webinar presented an introduction to grant writing and funding sources and which grants are available to your school district. We discuss what kind of support you can get from Scientific Learning Corporation as you look for and apply for funding sources.
Fluency Fridays: Build Fluency in your School!
Presenter: Maura Deptula/Louise Dube
Length: 40 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary webinar focuses on fluency and why it is critical to your students' success in reading. We discuss how you can make fluency a priority at your school this year! We show a live demonstration of the Reading Assistant software and how this can help build fluency skills in your students. Set aside time each week for Fluency Fridays!
Reading Assistant: Reading Intervention Software that Helps Build Reading Proficiency in your Struggling Learners
Presenter: Maura Deptula
Length: 35 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary, pre-recorded webinar presents an introduction to Scientific Learning® Reading Assistant™ software. We provide a live demonstration of the Reading Assistant software. We also look at how your students would benefit from this innovative software that provides one-on-one guided oral reading practice through the use of speech recognition software.
The Elementary Struggling Reading and Fast ForWord v2 Series: An Intervention that Works!
Presenter: Dr. Sherry Francis
Length: 75 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary, pre-recorded webinar presents an introduction to the new Fast ForWord LANGUAGE v2 series for struggling readers. We present an overview of the neuroscience research underlying the development of the Fast ForWord LANGUAGE v2 series. We look at how the Fast ForWord LANGUAGE v2 series strengthens the foundational cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing and how this impacts student success.
How can the Scientific Learning family of reading intervention products help your struggling learners? A School District's Perspective
Presenter: Ron Phipps
Length: 50 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarThis pre-recorded, one-hour webinar presents one school district's experience and results with the Scientific Learning family of products. In this session, we discuss the implementation of the Scientific Learning family of products and how to obtain the best results possible for your school district. We also discuss the National Circle of Learning taking place in November, 2008 in San Antonio TX and what benefits you can expect from attending this conference.
RtI Tier 3 Intensive Interventions: A Neuroscience Perspective
Presenter: Dr. Sherry Francis
Length: 75 minutes
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary, pre-recorded webinar presents an overview of the three-tiered RtI model. We also discuss using neuroscience research and technology to deliver a Tier 3 intensive intervention and we look at how and why the Scientific Learning family of products are highly effective for students requiring a Tier 3 intensive intervention.
Language and the Reading Puzzle: Helping Your Struggling Students Succeed
Presenter: Dr. Virginia Mann
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary one hour webinar discusses language skills and their impact on reading success. We talk about the key components of reading and the skills that are needed for your students to beome fluent readers. In addition, we will look at how the Scientific Learning family of products build the language, reading and cognitive skills in your struggling students in order for them to become more effective readers.
How can Language Abilities Impact School Performance?
Presenter: Dr. Martha Burns
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary one hour, pre-recorded webinar discusses reading interventions and how they can help your struggling learners. We look at how the human brain learns and how this affects academic performance. We also examine the longitudinal effects of the Scientific Learning family of products.
Accelerating Learning Using Neuroscience and Advanced Technology
Presenter: Dr. Steve Miller
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary one hour, pre-recorded webinar discusses reading and why it is a complex task and how you can accelerate the learning process. We look at how the integration of technology can equate to the success for your struggling learners in the classroom. We review how the Scientific Learning family of products can help close the achievement gap.
Putting Second Language Learners Ahead: How to Help English Language Learners Succeed
Presenter: Kathleen Leos
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary, pre-recorded, one hour webinar discusses some of the challenges your English Language Learners as they face both learning English and key academic content standards. We then look at how the educators we serve can best serve English Language Learners by supporting English Language Acquisition - the bridge to content knowledge and school and district AYP. In addition, we examine the Scientific Learning family of products and how they best support English Language Learner Achievement goals and objectives.
Response to Intervention: A Model to Improve Systems of Support for Struggling Learners
Presenter: Dr. Connie Russo
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary, pre-recorded, one hour webinar discusses Response to Intervention and the implications for school districts. We look at the history of Response to Intervention. In addition, we discuss how the Scientific Learning family of products fit into the Response to Intervention model.
Intervention Applications for Struggling Learner
Presenter: Jacqueline Egli
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary one hour, pre-recorded webinar takes a look at struggling learners and who will be responsible for ensuring that these students measure up to Adequate Yearly Progress Standards. We also discuss what interventions make sense for collaboration among General Education teachers, Special Education Teacher, Speech and Language Therapists and Reading Coaches. We are featuring the Scientific Learning family of products and take a look at a comprehensive longitudinal study of students with varied learning challenges and their progress.
Fit Brains Learn Better! How the Latest Neuroscience Research Affects your Struggling Students
Presenter: Dr. Judith Simmons
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary pre-recorded, one hour webinar focuses on how 30 years of neuroscience research can help your struggling learners and we take an in-depth look at the Scientific Learning family of products and how they can impact student success in 8 - 12 weeks. We also discuss how the Fast ForWord family of products can help close the achievement gap.
Fostering Reading Progress Beyond the Basics
Presenter: Pat Granchelli
Length: one hour
Pre-recorded webinarThis complimentary one hour, pre-recorded webinar takes a look at Scientific Learning’s Reading Assistant software which combines advanced speech recognition technology with scientifically-based courseware to strengthen fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. We look at the Reading Assistant software which can provide individualized instruction to improve your students’ reading skills for them to become proficient, life-long learners. In addition, we look at what benefits you can expect to see with the Reading Assistant software and its unique approach to assisting students.
Boosting your Students' Reading Levels and Confidence: Fast ForWord Summer School Implementation
Presenter: Cory Armes
Length: 55 minutes
Pre-recorded WebinarThis complimentary 55 minute pre-recorded webinar will discuss the Fast ForWord family of products, scientifically-based reading intervention software that can impact student success in as little as 4 weeks in summer school. We will also discuss how you can improve student achievement in just 4 - 8 weeks and how you can accelerate student learning in the fall with your Fast ForWord summer school implementation.
Enhancing Student Learning Through Brain-Based Strategies: An Overview of the Fast ForWord family of products
Presenter: Cory Armes
Length: 50 minutes
Pre-recorded WebinarThis complimentary 50 minute pre-recorded webinar discusses the Fast ForWord family of products and how they can help advance student reading skills 1 - 2 years in 8 - 12 weeks while building cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing and sequencing. There is also a discussion of how the Fast ForWord products can help close the achievement gap and train the brain with phenomenal results.
Preparing the Path of Success of Learning for Students in Special Education
Presenter: Jacqueline Egli
Length: 60 minutes
Pre-recorded WebinarThis complimentary 60 minute pre-recorded webinar takes a look at students who are currently placed in Special Education programs and what some of the common challenges that most of the students encounter. We also discuss how our special educators can best serve students whose reading levels are significantly below level and how they can best achieve necessary improvement to demonstrate adequate yearly progress. In addition, we also explore how the Fast ForWord family of products can readily address realistic goals and objectives established on an Individual Education Plan.
Fascinate your Children with the Wonders of the Brain Today; Improve Their Learning Habits Tomorrow, with Sarah Dunning
Presenter: Sarah Dunning
Length: 20 minutes
Pre-recorded WebinarThis complimentary 20 minute pre-recorded webinar will explore the brain and the mechanics of the brain. We will also look at how it learns and how you can take care of your brain better and why brain health is so important.
What's The Brain Got to Do With It? A Brain Awareness pre-recorded session with Sally Donlon!
Presenter: Sally Donlon
Length: 45 minutes
Pre-recorded WebinarThis complimentary 45 minute pre-recorded webinar will take a look at the latest research on the brain, what it means to know something, and brain plasticity: what it is and why it is important.
The Latest Research on the Adolescent Brain: Whats going on in there? A Brain Awareness pre-recorded session with Sally Donlon!
Presenter: Sally Donlon
Length: 45 minutes
Pre-recorded WebinarThis complimentary 45 minute pre-recorded webinar will take a look at the latest research on the adolescent brain, decision making in the adolescent brain, and the brain develops during adolescence.