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    • Tuesday, April 09, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Zoom
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    This event is free, but registration is required.  See link below. (Members who register will receive a recording.)

    Professionals in Learning Disabilities and Special Education

    presents

    Reading but Not Comprehending:  Understanding the Nature of Specific Reading Comprehension Deficit

    Presented by Mercedes Spencer, Ph.D.

    Tuesday, April 9, 2024

    7:00 PM

    Zoom

    This presentation will focus on differentiating poor reading comprehension that results from dyslexia from poor reading comprehension that results from specific reading comprehension deficit.  Reading comprehension difficulties are frequently associated with weaknesses in decoding, but can also exist in the presence of adequate decoding skills.  The reading comprehension difficulties seen in children with specific reading comprehension deficit can be explained by weaknesses in oral language, but these children may also have other skill deficits.  This presentation will discuss the role of executive function in reading comprehension and its potential to further explain the reading comprehension difficulties observed in children with specific reading comprehension deficit.

    Dr. Mercedes Spencer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University.  She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Florida State University and completed her postdoctoral training at Vanderbilt University.  Her research aims to better understand children's reading and language development to identify factors that may contribute to difficulties in these areas.

    A Certificate of Attendance can be provided upon request.

    Current PLD/SE membership is required for CPDU credits.  Members will receive 1.5 CPDUs for this program.

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    Registration closes on Sunday, April 7th.  Registrants will receive a link and a passcode the day before the event.

    DISCLAIMER:  Professionals in Learning Disabilities and Special Education is a not-for-profit organization offering continuing education programs to inform members of current instructional practices, assessment and policy issues in the field of learning disabilities.  PLD/SE also offers a referral service to the community, providing qualified professionals for diagnostics and remediation.  PLD/SE provides programs as a service to its members.  PLD/SE does not endorse any specific program, speaker, instructional materials, method, treatment, or evaluation center for children with disabilities.

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Professionals in Learning Disabilities and Special Education is a not-for-profit organization offering continuing education programs to inform members of current instructional practices, assessment, and policy issues in the field of learning disabilities.  PLD/SE also offers a referral service to the community, providing qualified professionals for diagnostics and remediation.  PLD/SE provides programs as a service to its members.  PLD/SE does not endorse any specific program, speaker, instructional materials, method, treatment, or evaluation center for children with disabilities.  

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