{"id":83729,"date":"2023-02-22T15:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=83729"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:24:38","slug":"webinar-to-highlight-supports-for-children-with-reading-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/02\/webinar-to-highlight-supports-for-children-with-reading-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar to highlight supports for children with reading disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brock and wider community\u00a0are invited to learn more about the latest advances in supporting children with reading disabilities at a free public webinar next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/lifespan-development-research\/early-reading-development\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Early%20Reading%20Development%20-%20first%20email&amp;utm_content=Early%20Reading%20Development%20-%20first%20email+CID_391d302579bdf6b6638ddd66ba425927&amp;utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor%20Lifespan%20Institute&amp;utm_term=httpbrockucalifespan-development-researchearly-reading-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Early Reading Development: Advances in Early Assessment, Instruction, and Building Motivation for Children with Reading Disability<\/a>\u201d will take place Monday, Feb. 27 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. as part of the Lifespan Development Research Institute\u2019s Speaker Series.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation will share some of the most recent research into three key topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What parents and educators should know about early assessment and interventions;<\/li>\n<li>The role of genetic testing in detecting reading disabilities; and<\/li>\n<li>How to help motivate children who are experiencing reading challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The talk will be delivered by two speakers from the Department of Child and Youth Studies, Professor Jan Frijters and PhD candidate Emily Guertin.<\/p>\n<p>Frijters is also the Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/mir-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Motivation, Instruction, and Reading Lab<\/a> at Brock, which collaborates on several domestic and international research projects in the area of reading instruction.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome to attend this session, but advance registration is required on the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/lifespan-development-research\/early-reading-development\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Early%20Reading%20Development%20-%20first%20email&amp;utm_content=Early%20Reading%20Development%20-%20first%20email+CID_391d302579bdf6b6638ddd66ba425927&amp;utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor%20Lifespan%20Institute&amp;utm_term=httpbrockucalifespan-development-researchearly-reading-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute for Lifespan Development Research website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brock and wider community\u00a0are invited to learn more about the latest advances in supporting children with reading disabilities at a free public webinar next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":83730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7,188,55,38],"tags":[45,703,12434,522,6528,9749],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83729"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83737,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83729\/revisions\/83737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}