NCLD Talks

Mary Ruth Coleman, Ph.D.

RTI for Gifted Students

Join Mary Ruth Coleman, Ph.D., of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, during our next RTI Talk as she answers your questions about using RTI as a means to ensure gifted and talented students have opportunities to make continual growth. Dr. Coleman will also offer tips based on lessons she has learned about meeting the needs of gifted students within an RTI framework.

Debbie Walhof, M.D.

Is it LD? Asking Your Child's Pediatrician for Help

If your child is struggling with learning, attention, or behavior, there may be any number of reasons why. Join Parent Leader Dr. Debbie Walhof as she addresses your questions about what to do when you suspect that something "isn't right" and the type of guidance you can expect to receive.

Is Your Child's IEP Doing Enough?

As a parent, you are a critical member of your child’s IEP team. Join NCLD’s Parent Leader, Mark Halpert, as he shares options for what you can do if you think your child’s IEP isn’t doing enough to help your child and how to make sure your child is on track for achieving his or her full potential if they have a 504 plan rather than an IEP.

Mark Halpert

Building Consensus for RTI Priorities

Join Dawn Miller, Ph.D., Innovative Projects Facilitator for the Shawnee Mission Public Schools in Kansas, during our next RTI Talk as she answers your questions about getting team buy-in when refining or prioritizing RTI actions for the year. Dr. Miller will also offer tips based on lessons she learned working with new and continuing RTI implementers on establishing priorities and facilitating collaboration.

Dawn Miller, Ph.D.

Demystifying Learning Disabilities: Educating Yourself and Others

Parents of children with learning disabilities (LD) and children and adults with LD still face huge misunderstanding about what learning disabilities are…and what they’re not. When you hear an uneducated remark from a neighbor, colleague, coach, relative, or even from someone at the grocery store, how do you deal with it? Join NCLD’s Parent Leader, Marcie Lipsitt, as she helps us demystify learning disabilities.

Marcie Lipsitt

Building a Master Schedule to Facilitate RTI

The creation of a workable schedule that maximizes school personnel resources and collaboration among all members of the teaching force to deliver tiered instruction is essential to the effective implementation of RTI. Join Leslie Van Kleek and Steven Vandemark during our next RTI Talk as they answer your questions about building workable master schedules with the flexibility to respond to student needs at both the elementary and secondary school levels.

Leslie Van Kleek

Steven Vandemark

Effective Instruction for English Language Learners

Join Jana Echevarria, Ph.D., and Catherine (Cara) Richards-Tutor, Ph.D., of California State University, Long Beach, during our next RTI Talk as they answer your questions about effective instruction for English language learners.

Catherine (Cara) Richards-Tutor, Ph.D.