Spotlight on Dyslexia Event Speakers

Carrie Thomas Beck

Carrie Thomas Beck

Director of Literacy, CORE Learning

Dr. Carrie Thomas Beck is CORE Learning’s Director of Literacy. She came to CORE after working four years as the Dyslexia Specialist for the Oregon Department of Education (ODE). In 2019, Carrie received the Excellence in Leadership Award from the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) to recognize her contribution to improving outcomes for students with dyslexia in Oregon. Prior to joining the Department, Carrie worked as a Research Associate at the Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of Oregon for ten years. Carrie developed and directed the CTL Reading Clinic at the university from 2008 through 2013. She also led the development of a reading endorsement program at the university and taught literacy courses in the College of Education.

Sessions

Bolster

Intensifying Foundational Reading Skills to Meet the Needs of Students with Dyslexia

Students with mild to moderate dyslexia can be well served within general education with tiered support provided that the instruction focuses on the critical foundational skills in reading and the teacher knows how to intensify instruction. This interactive session will focus on the principles of instruction that empower teachers to meet the needs of students with dyslexia in their classrooms. The presenters will share strategies to provide explicit, engaging, and scaffolded instruction along with specific examples of each. Participants will be asked to consider key questions about their current practices and steps they can take to intensify support for students who struggle with word reading in their classrooms.

Session Objectives:

  • Participants will understand what intensive intervention on foundational reading skills looks like for students who show risk factors for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.
  • Participants will learn instructional design and delivery principles that can be used to intensify reading instruction.
  • Participants will review specific examples of how to apply the instructional design and delivery principles to daily instruction and intervention.
Carrie Thomas Beck

Carrie Thomas Beck
Director of Literacy,
CORE Learning

Dale Webster

Dale Webster
Vice President of Language and Literacy,
CORE Learning