The Connecticut State Department of Education, in collaboration with the State Education Resource Center (SERC), are offering the following Specific Learning Disability (SLD) and SLD/Dyslexia FREE online modules, which are available for immediate access on the Canvas Learning Management System.

1. Increasing Awareness of SLD/Dyslexia: Implications for Connecticut Educators
2. Using Literacy Screening Data to Support Students with Reading Difficulties
3. Remediating and Accommodating Students with SLD/Dyslexia at the Secondary Level
4. Identifying Students with SLD/Dyslexia: An Online Module
5. It’s Never Too Late: How to Motivate and Teach Older Struggling Readers with SLD/Dyslexia
6. Case Study Review of a Connecticut Student with SLD/Dyslexia
7. SLD/Dyslexia: Connecting Research to Practice in Connecticut
8. Identifying Students who are Gifted and Talented and have SLD or SLD/Dyslexia
9. Distinguishing Between Typically Developing English Learners (ELs) and Students with Reading Difficulties

To learn more about these modules and/or for information on how to register, please see the attached flyer: CSDE/SERC 2021-22 Specific Learning Disability (SLD) and SLD/Dyslexia FREE Online Modules.

If you have questions regarding registration, please contact: Lauren Johns, SERC Project Specialist, by phone at 860-632-1485, ext. 256, or by email at johns@ctserc.org.

If you have questions regarding content, please contact: Claire Conroy, SERC Consultant, by phone at 860-632-1485, ext. 326, or by email at conroy@ctserc.org.  

If you have questions regarding Canvas access, please contact: Greg Glidden, SERC Consultant/Webmaster, by phone at 860-632-1485, ext. 380, or by email at glidden@ctserc.org.