This TalkLD podcast features Stacey Rickman, a Speech-Language Pathologist working in Ontario schools. When she was first working in Ontario schools, Stacey quickly realized that many of the students referred to her for speech-language concerns were also actually really having difficulty in acquiring reading and writing skills.
In this episode, Stacey and Lawrence discuss the current state of literacy instruction in Ontario and Stacey introduces the five pillars of reading, the core skills necessary to become a skilled reader, that have emerged from decades of research.
Level: Introductory
Hosted by: Lawrence Barns, President & CEO of the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
Click here to view the transcript of this podcast.
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Stay tuned for Part 2, which will be available as of March 7th, 2022.
About the speaker:
Stacey Rickman, Hons. B.A., B.Ed., M.Cl.Sc., CALSPO & OCT
Stacey is a school board speech-language pathologist with a passion for structured literacy and the science of reading. She has been registered with the OCT since 1998, and the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario since 2001. When first working in Ontario schools, Stacey quickly realized that many of the students referred to her for speech-language concerns also experienced difficulty in acquiring reading and writing skills. Much of Stacey’s work in schools involves the assessment of students with language-literacy disabilities and consultation with their families and educators.
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