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Dynamic thought leaders and educators share their expertise with the Carroll community.

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Past Community Speaker Events

Targeted Cognitive Intervention: A Decade of Results

In this replay of a live webinar, you will learn how Targeted Cognitive Intervention (TCI) helps students make faster progress in reading. Jen Brock, Head of Product & Cognitive Research, Louisa French, Lead Educational Analyst, and Ben Shepard, TCI Curriculum Coordinator will present the results of our 10 year study showing how cognitive intervention helps students become more efficient learners.

How Improving Executive Function Skills Empowers Kids for Success at School and in Life

In this recording of our live webinar, Dr. Sharon Saline and Carroll School shares strategies and resources for parents to encourage and motivate children with dyslexia/ADHD/Executive Function Challenges to get things done at home.

Language at Carroll

Want to understand more about the inner workings and complexities of the language program at Carroll? In this replay of a live webinar, hear Allison West, Middle School Division Head, discuss why Carroll's Language program works, why student data is critical to its success, how it is different, and what is the evidence that shows how it effectively develops literacy skills for our students across all grades.

Assessments at Carroll's Middle School

Watch this replay of a Lunch & Learn to learn more about the assessments we administer at Carroll's Middle School. Allison West and Department Heads demystify the data that are presented at March parent-teacher conferences.

Orton-Gillingham at Carroll

In this replay of a live webinar, Heather Lufkin (Director of the Garside Institute for Teacher Training) shares why the principles of Orton-Gillingham tutoring works for teaching students with dyslexia and walks through a sample OG tutorial.

Building Better Brain Networks for Learning

In this replay of a live seminar, former Carroll Head of School Steve Wilkins shares what parents need to know about the dyslexic brain and how neuroplasticity shows that the human brain has a huge capacity to grow and change, with the right interventions.

Executive Functions at Carroll

In this replay of a live webinar, Carroll Speech and Language Pathologists, Jen Amos and Gwendolyn Meredith, explore the relationship between attention, working memory, executive function, and language. Viewers will learn how goal setting is used to guide, motivate, and adjust behavior-at Carroll and how it can be used at home.

Understanding Reading Development through Socioeconomic & Educational Perspectives

In this replay of our live Community Speaker webinar, Dr. Joanna Christodoulou discusses reading and socioeconomic status (SES) from a developmental, educational, and neuroscientific perspective. She shares how socioeconomic factors and stress impact reading development at both home and school.

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