Seminar for Parents: Oral Language and Its Relationship to Literacy

IEPS Presents a Free Seminar for Parents

Oral Language and Its Relationship to Literacy

Seminar by Lydia H. Soifer, Ph.D.

Director, The Soifer Center for Learning and Child Development, White Plains, NY

How oral language influences learning in every aspect of the curriculum

When: October 30, 2014 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel
1284 Strongtown Road, Southbury, CT

Language influences every aspect of the curriculum, affecting the way children learn and teachers teach. This presentation will focus on the role language plays in learning, including decoding and comprehension, vocabulary and concept knowledge, thinking and reasoning, narrative development, writing and social skills. With anecdotes from her own vast professional experience as a language Pathologist, Dr. Soifer will discuss how oral language is the foundation of literacy and a crucial skill for learning and social development.

Dr. Soifer is the Director of the Soifer Center for Learning and Child Development, a multidisciplinary diagnostic, remedial and advocacy setting of psychologists, language and speech pathologists, special educators, reading teachers , parent trainers, and advocates. She is Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and faculty member in the Early Intervention Training Institute, both at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 1998 Dr. Soifer was appointed the Executive Director of the Children’s Development and Education Foundation (renamed the Best Children’s Foundation). She has consulted with many public and private schools across the country, authored a chapter on the relationship of oral language to literacy for a textbook now in its third edition, and created the language assessment portion of a software product, WordWeaver for Speech and Language Assessment.

RSVP to reserve your seat at info@informforsuccess.org or to 866-995-7262

IEPS is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to informing and empowering individuals affected by disabilities and learning differences during their educational years. Our mission is to enlighten students and their families, to shine a beacon while they are navigating their path to success, to enable them to find their voices and maximize their unique strengths, talents and passions in order to help these students achieve a positive and rewarding future.

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