Broward: Ready to Learn! - Workshop for parents & children

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Ready to Learn!

A 5-session workshop for parents and their children, targeting early reading and early writing skills

Guidance provided by creative professionals who care: Bonnie Keaton-Estroff, OTR/L & Wells, Ed.D.

The purpose of this workshop is to teach school readiness skills to young children by guiding parents through the process of implementing research-based strategies. The workshop, which takes place over five one-hour sessions, allows parents and children to work together on developmental skills with the guidance of an occupational therapist and special education teacher.

This workshop is appropriate for:

• Typically-developing children

• Children with learning disabilities

• Children with sensory processing disorder

• Children with mild developmental delays

• Children with high-functioning autism

Each session will begin with a brief warm-up activity, organizing the body to prepare for learning. After that, children and their parents will be divided into two groups. One group will target early literacy skills while the other targets early writing skills in an interactive, hands-on way. The groups switch so everyone has an opportunity to participate in both activities.

Targeted early literacy skills:

• Manipulating sounds presented orally

• Identifying patterns in written language

• Understanding the relationship between sounds and symbols

• Vocabulary development

• Comprehending basic text

Targeted early writing skills:

• Body awareness and spatial relationship

• Visual-perceptual skills

• Shoulder stability and bilateral coordination

• Small muscle development and functional grasp

• Visual-motor and letter formation introduction

The total cost of the workshop, including all five sessions of instruction, all of the materials, and a resource guide for parents outlining extension activities and educational research is $250.

$50 non-refundable registration fee

$200 payment for the remainder of the sessions (non-refundable after attending one session)

Spaces are limited – Maximum class size will be 8 child/parent pairs.

All sessions will take place at Abi’s Place, a small private school for children with disabilities, located at:

10168 W Sample Road

Coral Springs, FL, 33065

Sessions scheduled to begin the week of November 17th.

If you interested in registering, please contact Wells at carrwell@...