THERAPY AND TEACHING LEVEL COURSES BY STATE
The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC) accredits training courses that prepare individuals in the use of multisensory structured language education programs. The training provided by IMSLEC accredited courses meets the requirements set by ALTA to sit for the Alliance National Registration Exam and therefore, for membership in ALTA at both the Therapy Level and the Associate/Teaching Level. For more information on IMSLEC visit www.imslec.org or call 972-774-1772.
THERAPY LEVEL COURSES BY STATE: Training provided by the following courses prepares individuals for the Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) and Qualified Instructor levels of membership.
KANSAS
Fundamental Learning Center
917 S. Glendale
Wichita, KS 67218
316/684-7328
Fax 316/684-7328
www.funlearn.org
Director: Jeanine Phillips
jphillipw@fundamentallearning.org
Fundamental Learning Center disseminates research-based programs and knowledge to educate and empower children, educational professionals, concerned parents, and the broader community for the purpose of significantly improving individual reading, writing and spelling skills. Through our courses and workshops, Academic Language Therapy, Reading Readiness Multisensory Grammar, Multisensory Reading and Spelling, and Preschool Language and Multisensory Grammar, Multisensory Reading and Spelling, and Preschool Language and Literacy Units, teachers and parents are introduced to the methods and strategies children need to learn to read, write and spell proficiently. Graduate credit for all of our courses (with exception of the preschool programs) is offered through Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.
MARYLAND
The Atlantic Seaboard Dyslexia Education Center, Inc.
MSLE Certificate Program in Dyslexia Education
1123 Nelson Street
Rockville, MD 20850-2030
301) 762-2414
Fax 762-6986
Director: Jane Wilson Hanson
Founder: Claire D. Nissenbaum
wilsonfeedback@verizon.net)
cnisen@aol.com
The MSLE Certificate Program requires 250 class hours and a minimum of 700 hours of supervision. Trainees are competent to teach language, math, and study skills to persons of all ages with learning differences (dyslexia). Training can begin in September, January or June, with intensive courses and practica offered in June, July, and August. ASDEC is a teacher-training center.
MISSISSIPPI
DuBard School for Language Disorders
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #10035
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
601/266-5223
Fax 601/266-6763
www.usm.edu/dubard
Director: Dr. Maureen Martin
maureen.martin@usm.edu
The DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi offers training and certification in the Association Method, a phonetic, multisensory approach for teaching language, speech, reading, writing and related academic skills to individuals with multiple difficulties in language learning. Graduate level credit through the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences, University CEUs, and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association CEUs are available. Courses are offered as components of a degree program in speech-language pathology and on an intensive basis through the Office of Noncredit Programs and Conferences. Direct services are available to children in the full time enrollment and outclient therapy programs which also serve as practicum sites.
NEW JERSEY
Fairleigh Dickinson University
The Orton Gillingham Dyslexia Specialist Training Course
1000 River Rd.
Teaneck, NJ 07666
201-692-2816
Fax: 201-692-2813
Email: Farrell@fdu.edu
Director: Mary L. Farrell, Ph.D.
The Orton Gillingham Dyslexia Specialist Training Course, located at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is a division of the masters degree program in Learning Disabilities. The training course provides certification programs for Orton Gillingham Teacher, Orton Gillingham Teacher Trainer, Orton Gillingham Therapist, and Orton Gillingham Therapist Trainer. The training course also provides multisensory reading courses required for state certification programs in special education and educational assessor as well as related masters degree programs. Direct services are available to children through practica that are operated at the campus-based clinic, the New Jersey Masonic Learning Centers, as well as selected school districts.
NEW MEXICO
Multisensory Language Training institute of New Mexico
3915 Carlisle Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/881-0026
Fax 505/881-4435
Director: Sandra Dillon
sandradillon@msn.com
This academic language therapy program places special emphasis on techniques developed for working with bright but severely blocked dyslexic children and adults, those who are often considered intervention resistant. Basic Orton principles with added structure, increased kinesthetic involvement and strong emphasis on phonological processing are included.
NEW YORK
Teachers College Columbia University
Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
PO Box 31, 525 West 120th Street
New York NY 10027
212/678-3080
Fax 212/678-3237
Director: Mary C. Hercus-Rowe
mcr30@columbia.edu
The center offers a 10-credit series of graduate courses using an alphabetic phonics approach as its base to prepare teachers to work with individuals who are experiencing unusual difficulties acquiring the written and oral language skills necessary to function adequately in the classroom. These students may have been identified as having dyslexia, reading disability, or other related learning disorders and range in age from kindergarten to adult. The courses present a structured, sequential language curriculum and multisensory techniques for teaching reading, writing and spelling. Included are strategies for building phonological awareness, and teaching comprehension and composition in a developmental sequence. The courses offer theory and practice, emphasize current research and best practices, and provide regular demonstration lessons and hand-on experiences educate teachers in the multisensory teaching of the structure of the English language. The courses are offered to graduate students as part of their academic program, to teachers in the field who are interested in becoming Certified Academic Language Therapists, and to regular classroom teachers. The center also serves as a referral source for individuals seeking therapists, as a resource for materials and information on dyslexia and for research in multisensory teaching.
The courses are also available for CEUs.
NORTH CAROLINA
The Hill Center
3200 Pickett Road
Durham, NC 27705
919/489-7464
919/489-7466
www.hillcenter.org
Director of The Hill Center: Dr. Sharon Maskel, smaskel@hillcenter.org
Director of Professional Development: Jean H. Neville
jneville@hillcenter.org
The Hill Center's mission is to transform students with learning differences into confident, independent learners. The Center pursues that mission through its nationally acclaimed academic half-day program for K-12 students and its IMSLEC accredited professional development programs for teachers. Educators can pursue certification in its multisensory structured language programs at both the teaching and instructor levels. The Hill Center's program and research-based methodology is considered a model program and is being replicated both nationally and internationally.
