Educators have a growing appreciation of the need for science-based writing instruction for students with complex learning needs (CLN). As a result, authentic academic measures are being sought to drive and align this high-quality instruction with standards and measure progress. In this session, you will discover how the Developmental Writing Scale (DWS) reframes how educational teams conceptualize and work with beginning writers of all ages, many with complex learning needs. The DWS is a powerful tool that has the sensitivity to measure discrete changes in writing quality and quantity from scribbles to paragraphs. The DWS can be used by school teams to identify present performance levels, establish goals, design instruction, and monitor progress. Participants will hear case study and classroom examples applying the DWS to increase academic success!
About Presenter:
Janet Sturm, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, is a professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Central Michigan University. She has been working in classrooms for over 30 years. Her research and development work focuses on writing instruction for students with disabilities, computer-supported literacy, measurement of beginning writers, and classroom communication. She is a Fellow of ASHA and a Board Certified Specialist in Child Language. Dr. Sturm is the initial author for the First Author Writing Curriculum, a comprehensive writing curriculum that guides educators to teach beginning writing skills to students with special needs including autism.
Check out Dr. Sturm's 1 minute YouTube Video Advice on Writing Instruction for Students with Significant Disabilities for the New Writing Teacher.
As a result of this session, participants will be able to:
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