Understanding Dyslexia

Georgia Educational Training Agency joins Holy Spirit Preparatory Academy and St. Benedict’s Episcopal School in  following  the State’s recommendations for social distancing during all of our professional development  classes.  Please bring your personal hand sanitizer and kleenexes with you to class.  Please use masks and gloves at your own discretion.  Breaks will be every hour.  

Early Literacy and Focus on Phonics should be taken first as prerequisites to Understanding Dyslexia.

The National Institutes of Health state that dyslexia affects 15% of the population. It is often misdiagnosed. Signs of Dyslexia may include the following: slow in acquiring reading skills, omits, substitutes and guesses at words, oral reading is slow and laborious, does not like to read, disastrous spelling, messy handwriting, and trouble reading math word problems. Specific signs of dyslexia will vary from person to person. If this sounds like someone you know we invite you to please join us as we discuss dyslexia and solutions for your struggling reader.

Prerequisite courses are Early Literacy and Focus on Phonics.

Please remember to bring your CRS notebook.

Instructor: Brenda Fitzgerald, Ed.S.,CDP

This course is approved for one (1) CEU.

1. There will be a temperature screen as you enter the lobby.
2. You will be given a visitor sticker that needs to be worn while on-campus.
3. While you are not required to wear a mask while seated and socially distanced from others, you will be required to wear a face covering when in hallways and when closer than 6 feet to others.
4. There is visitor parking located in front of the main entrance to the school.  Please enter at the main entrance as the other doors will be locked.