Kansas School Psychologists Navigating Dyslexia from Science to Legislation to Practice

April 30, 2021 

Virtually from 8:30-11:00 and 1:00-3:00 

Earn 4.5 hours CPDS

Presented by Mandy Cundy, Ed.S and Deb Farr, NCSP

Dyslexia has received a lot of attention in Kansas for several years.  School systems and school personnel have been tasked with developing expert-level understanding and knowledge around Dyslexia and reading-related difficulties.  With the new KSDE initiatives driven by the Kansas Legislative Task Force on Dyslexia and Dyslexia Recommendations Committee, all school personnel - including school psychologists - must step into that knowledge and leadership void and become the experts and leaders for students with reading difficulties, including Dyslexia.  This professional learning opportunity will continue KASP’s efforts in providing up-to-date information as well as provide professional guidance about next steps on the topic of Dyslexia.

Objectives: 

• Defining dyslexia - Identifying with confidence, dispelling the myths 

• Partnership opportunities with outside agencies

• Partnering and communicating with parents around issues related to reading difficulties, specifically dyslexia 

• Consultation and collaboration with school colleagues around reading difficulties, especially dyslexia

• How to approach school-based psychoeducational evaluations when reading difficulties, specifically dyslexia, are suspected 

• Roles and responsibilities of school psychologists 

• • systems-level change

  • Intervention planning and support

  • Individual psychoeducational evaluations

  • On-going professional learning