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• Academic Therapy Intake 2023

  • Start
    August 17, 2022
  • End
    February 04, 2025
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    NA
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  Please sign up for a referral to an available Academic Therapist. ASDEC will refer families to our Academic Therapists.  Most of our therapists have openings during the school day which is the optimal time for instruction. 

  A few spaces remain for onsite Academic Therapy.  We have more openings for online one-to-one therapy. You will receive an email from us when we find an Academic Therapist with an opening.

  Please note that ASDEC Academic Therapists work with students  a minimum of three times per week. 

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• Language 1 - Sounds In Syllables Summer 2023

  • Start
    June 19, 2023
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    June 30, 2023
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    4:30 PM
  • Location
    Online
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  Required for Therapy Level Certification 

  ASDEC faculty present Sounds In Syllables (SIS), one of the most powerful Orton-Gillingham based methods designed to teach reading (decoding, fluency, and comprehension). These methods integrate research-based evidence from neurology, cognitive sciences, psychology, speech-language pathology, and linguistics to produce the most durable remediation for students with even the most severe learning disabilities.

  
  

  June  19--June 30, 2023

  
  

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• Multisensory Math 1 - Summer

  • Start
    July 07, 2023
  • End
    September 22, 2023
  • Location
    Online
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  Multisensory Math 1 Online

  Instructor: Marilyn Zecher
  

  Based on the Orton-Gillingham philosophy of teaching, Marilyn Zecher's Multisensory Mathematics I applies the research-based Concrete-Representation-Abstract (CRA) approach to teaching mathematics as advocated by the National Math Panel and the NCTM. Participants learn to apply this methodology in guiding students from foundation skills and numeracy to place value, operations, fractions and decimals. Participants learn to use manipulatives effectively to reinforce concepts, aid memory and enhance performance for all students. Strategies for helping students learn and retrieve math facts are stressed as well as structured procedures for computational accuracy. This approach is especially effective with students who learn differently, inclusion classes and ESL learners. The approach is effective for initial instruction as well as remedial work at all levels and is compatible with all curricula and programs.

  Program Dates:
  July 7-September 22, 2023

  With two 90 minute online sessions  with instructors - evening and weekend options available. Scheduling of online sessions will occur after the start of the class.

  You will receive instructions to login to the course on the first day of the course. 
  

  You will receive your math manual  by the first day of the class. Please provide a SECURE mailing address for delivery of your math manual.

  Refund Policy

  Courses: 50% if withdrawal is at least ten working days before the start of class. No refunds are available less than 10 days prior to the start of class. If a course is sold out, ASDEC will not refund payment at any time.  For more payment details please go to: http://www.asdec.org/ASDEC_payment 

  
  

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• Grades 4-5 Math Foundations Onsite

  • Start
    July 10, 2023
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    8:30 AM
  • End
    July 28, 2023
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    9:30 AM
  • Location
    St. Andrew the Apostle, Silver Spring
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  Foundations Math is for students in grades 4-5  who need a stronger foundation to support work in mathematics, this program will focus on multisensyr methods to learn quantity representation leading to grade level math concepts.

  Please email your child's educational testing when you pre-register: questions@asdec.org

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• ASDEC Summer Middle/High School Program 2023

  • Start
    July 10, 2023
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    9:30 AM
  • End
    July 21, 2023
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    11:30 AM
  • Location
    St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic School, Silver Spring, MD
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  ASDEC’s middle/high school specialists use state-of-the art multisensory strategies to help students improve reading, grammar, writing, and study skills in a lively small group setting. The program provides students with some of the most critical and necessary skills required for academic writing at the secondary level. Students will learn the multisensory process approach to improve sentences, paragraphs, and multi-paragraph essays.

  Study skills instruction is embedded within the academic writing curriculum and will focus on time management, organization, vocabulary development, text annotation, webbing, summarizing, and source citation. Students will learn techniques that significantly improve comprehension and memory. Additionally, they will use software tools that aid in mastery of content information and organization

  For more information go to the Middle/High School Summer Program.

  Full payment is due when your child is accepted into the program in order to secure his/her place in the program. All payments are final.

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• ASDEC Summer Elementary Program Silver Spring 2023

  • Start
    July 10, 2023
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    9:30 AM
  • End
    July 28, 2023
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    11:30 AM
  • Location
    St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic School
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  ASDEC provides the only Orton-Gillingham Based program endorsed by the International Dyslexia Association in the Washington, DC region. The program provides intensive instruction in reading, writing, spelling, and handwriting. Physical movement is added to the visual and auditory stimuli to provide multisensory learning. The hands-on aspect of the structured routines facilitates attention and concentration. The careful development of conceptual understanding and the high level of repetition reinforce memory. All activities build on the mastery of skills, which helps students build self-esteem as they experience success each day.

  Program Dates: July 10-28, 2023
  

  For more information, see Summer Programs.

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• Getting Ready for Middle School Math Onsite

  • Start
    July 10, 2023
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    July 28, 2023
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    11:30 AM
  • Location
    St. Andrew's Catholic School, Silver Spring
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  Readiness for Middle School Math is for rising 6th and 7th graders who need a stronger foundation to support work in middle school mathematics, this program will focus on multiplication and division concepts & procedures, fraction-decimal-percent relationships, concepts & operations, and basic equation solving. This program will also include fluency practice for math facts needed to support calculations.

  Please email your child's educational testing when you pre-register: questions@asdec.org

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• ASDEC Summer Elementary Program Online Afternoon Session

  • Start
    July 10, 2023
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    1:30 PM
  • End
    July 28, 2023
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    3:30 PM
  • Location
    Online
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  ASDEC provides the only Orton-Gillingham Based program endorsed by the International Dyslexia Association in the Washington, DC region. The program provides intensive instruction in reading, writing, spelling, and handwriting. Physical movement is added to the visual and auditory stimuli to provide multisensory learning. The hands-on aspect of the structured routines facilitates attention and concentration. The careful development of conceptual understanding and the high level of repetition reinforce memory. All activities build on the mastery of skills, which helps students build self-esteem as they experience success each day.

  Program Dates: July 10 - July 28, 2023
  

  For more information, see Summer Programs.

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• Language Foundations Summer 2023

  • Start
    July 31, 2023
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    8:00 AM
  • End
    August 07, 2023
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    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Frederick Public Schools
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    1 registrant

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  Language Foundations (also known as “Structured Language Basics – SLB) is an Orton-Gillingham based multisensory approach to teaching reading-language arts skills in an inclusive classroom.  This curriculum is equally successful with elementary, secondary, and adult students for whom reading and spelling present significant problems.  More importantly, the use of Language Foundations in the primary grades can act as a preventative measure for difficulty with reading and spelling in the later grades.

  
  

  Over 9,000 teachers have been trained in Language Foundations (LF) with research indicating substantial improvement among students receiving LF instruction.  Teachers deliver a scripted curriculum of 125 multisensory lessons that provide instruction in reading, spelling, grammar, handwriting and composition. In addition, teachers receive a full kit of instructional materials. Teachers are not required to make additional instructional materials. The comprehensive materials tool kit includes teacher manual, manipulatives and student kits.

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