Anchored Intervention Intensive: Teaching Students Who Struggle to Read

Day 1: Understanding the Learner & Diagnostic Teaching
Session 1: Rethinking Intervention
Why programs are not enough
The difference between implementation and expertise
What “responsive instruction” looks like in practice
Session 2: The Speech-to-Print Foundation
The relationship between oral language and literacy
How phonological awareness, language, and cognition impact reading
Implications for intervention planning
Session 3: Understanding Complex Student Profiles
Characteristics of:
Students with strong verbal comprehension but weak decoding
Speech/language impairments
Working memory deficits
Rapid naming/processing speed weaknesses
How overlapping deficits affect progress
Session 4: Why Some Students Progress Slowly
Identifying breakdown points:
Phonological processing
Orthographic mapping
Language comprehension
Automaticity
The concept of the “fragile learner”
Matching instruction to the rate of learning
Session 5: Introduction to Diagnostic Teaching
Using errors as information
Observing patterns in student responses
Making immediate instructional adjustments

Day 2: Instructional Design & Promoting Progress
Session 6: Using Student Work to Drive Instruction
Analyzing reading, spelling, and writing samples
Identifying patterns vs. isolated errors
Planning next steps based on data
Session 7: Structuring Effective Intervention Sessions
Components of a high-impact lesson:
Review
Explicit instruction
Guided practice
Application
Pacing and intensity for struggling learners
Balancing repetition with engagement
Session 8: Small Group Instruction That Works
How to keep groups together while differentiating
When to adjust vs. when to hold the group
Managing variability within groups
Session 9: Promoting Generalization & Independence
Bridging intervention to the classroom
Designing meaningful carryover activities
Supporting transfer of skills to reading and writing tasks
Session 10: Planning for Slow Responders
Increasing intensity without overwhelm
Adjusting instruction based on response
Setting realistic, meaningful goals
Measuring progress beyond standard benchmarks

$375