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• Academic Therapy Wait list

  • Start
    October 03, 2023
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    July 06, 2025
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  Please sign up for a referral to an available Academic Therapist. ASDEC will refer families to our Academic Therapists.  Most of our therapists have openings during the school day which is the optimal time for instruction. You will receive an email from us when we find an Academic Therapist with an opening.

  Please note that ASDEC Academic Therapists work with students one-to-one a minimum of three times per week. Academic Therapists may work with your child at a school, library, or home office.
  

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• Language 3 - Sounds In Syllables 2025

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    April 02, 2025
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    7:30 PM
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    June 04, 2025
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    9:30 PM
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    Online
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  Required for Therapy Level Certification 

  ASDEC faculty present Sounds In Syllables (SIS), Levels 4&5, this includes Multisensory Grammar and Study Skills presentation from Marilyn Zecher. This is by invitation only. 

  This will be live instruction with  Jennifer Appleton, CALT, QI

  Cost $975

  Trinity Graduate credit is available. After you complete registration please contact [email protected] to request your Trinity registration form

  Class time: 7:30 - 9:30 Eastern Standard Time

  April 2, 9, 30

  My 7, 14, 21, 28

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• CALT Exam Review Session

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    June 04, 2025
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    7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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  CALT Exam Review Session — June 4 | 7:30–9:30 PM EST

  Are you preparing to take The ALTA Competency Exam for Multisensory Structured Language Education? Join us for a focused, content-rich virtual study session designed to help you feel confident and ready!

  Led by Jennifer Appleton, M.Ed., CALT-QI, Director of Education and Outreach at the Atlantic Seaboard Dyslexia Education Center, this 2-hour review session will help you target the key content areas assessed on the national certification exam.

  Review All 9 Domains Covered on the Exam:

  • Language Development

  • Structure of the Language

  • Dyslexia, Written Language Disorders, and Other Related Disorders

  • Psycho-Educational Tests and Informal Assessments

  • Diagnostic and Prescriptive MSLE Strategies to Improve Reading, Spelling, and Written Expression

  • Relevant Research in Instructional Practice

  • Federal Laws (IDEA, Section 504) and Advocacy

  • Ethical Standards of the Profession

  • Effective Professional Oral and Written Communication with Parents, Colleagues, and Other Professionals

  What to Expect:

  • A comprehensive, structured review booklet

  • Breakdown of each domain with tips and examples

  • Exam-style questions to guide your study

  • Strategies for test preparation and pacing

  • Live Q&A and helpful follow-up resources

  When: Tuesday, June 4, 2025
  Time: 7:30–9:30 PM Eastern Time
  Where: Online (Zoom link sent upon registration)
  Who Should Attend: Individuals who have successfully completed their CALT training and are ready to sit for the ALTA Competency Exam administered by Prometric.

  Start your final prep strong — reserve your spot today!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Language 1 - Sounds In Syllables Summer 2025

  • Start
    June 18, 2025
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    9:00 AM
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    July 02, 2025
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    4:00 PM
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    Online
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  Required for Therapy Level Certification 

  ASDEC faculty present Sounds In Syllables (SIS), one of the most powerful Orton-Gillingham based methods designed to teach reading (decoding, fluency, and comprehension). These methods integrate research-based evidence from neurology, cognitive sciences, psychology, speech-language pathology, and linguistics to produce the most durable remediation for students with even the most severe learning disabilities.

  
  

  From 9:00-4:00 EST June 18, off 19th for Juneteenth, 20 June 23-27 June 30, July 1-2

  
  

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• Grades 4-5 Math Foundations Onsite

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    July 07, 2025
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    8:30 AM
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    July 25, 2025
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    9:30 AM
  • Location
    St. Andrew the Apostle, Silver Spring
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  Foundations Math is for students in grades 4-5  who need a stronger foundation to support work in mathematics, this program will focus on multisensyr methods to learn quantity representation leading to grade level math concepts.

  Please email your child's educational testing when you pre-register to

  [email protected]

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• ASDEC Summer Middle/High School Program 2025

  • Start
    July 07, 2025
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    9:30 AM
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    July 18, 2025
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    11:30 AM
  • Location
    St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic School, Silver Spring, MD
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  ASDEC’s middle/high school specialists use state-of-the art multisensory strategies to help students improve reading, grammar, writing, and study skills in a lively small group setting. The program provides students with some of the most critical and necessary skills required for academic writing at the secondary level. Students will learn the multisensory process approach to improve sentences, paragraphs, and multi-paragraph essays.

  Study skills instruction is embedded within the academic writing curriculum and will focus on time management, organization, vocabulary development, text annotation, webbing, summarizing, and source citation. Students will learn techniques that significantly improve comprehension and memory. Additionally, they will use software tools that aid in mastery of content information and organization

  For more information go to the Middle/High School Summer Program.

  Full payment is due when your child is accepted into the program in order to secure his/her place in the program. All payments are final.

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• Summer Elementary Program - Virginia

  • Start
    July 07, 2025
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    9:30 AM
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    July 25, 2025
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    11:30 AM
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    Arlington
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  July 7-25, 2025

  The Elementary School Summer Program in Virginia provides intensive instruction in reading, writing, spelling, and handwriting. Students work one-to-one and in small groups with ASDEC specialists. All lessons include interactive exercises that build automaticity by improving procedural memory.

  
  

  
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• ASDEC Summer Elementary Program Silver Spring

  • Start
    July 07, 2025
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    9:30 AM
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    July 25, 2025
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    11:30 AM
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    St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic School
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  ASDEC provides the only Orton-Gillingham Based program endorsed by the International Dyslexia Association in the Washington, DC region. The program provides intensive instruction in reading, writing, spelling, and handwriting. Physical movement is added to the visual and auditory stimuli to provide multisensory learning. The hands-on aspect of the structured routines facilitates attention and concentration. The careful development of conceptual understanding and the high level of repetition reinforce memory. All activities build on the mastery of skills, which helps students build self-esteem as they experience success each day.

  Program Dates: July 7-25, 2025
  

  For more information, see Summer Programs.

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• Getting Ready for Middle School Math Onsite

  • Start
    July 07, 2025
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    July 25, 2025
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    11:30 AM
  • Location
    St. Andrew's Catholic School, Silver Spring
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  Getting Ready for Middle School –  Rising 5  (depending on pre-assessment) and 6th Grade Students

  This summer review program is appropriate for students who have language based and/or related disabilities who have significant gaps in their skills and conceptual foundations. We will cover basic numeracy and place value concepts with a focus on fractions as they relate to whole numbers. We will explore the concepts surrounding multiplication and division but we will not drill math facts for rote memory.  Rather we will explore patterns which aid reasoning and memory in a more humane way of addressing these deficits common to students with language-based disabilities.  We will stress the long division algorithm, and multidigit arithmetic which form the core of middle school math.  Our final week will be devoted to fraction and decimal concepts. Students must commit to attending all three weeks of the program and no exceptions will be allowed.  Students must be able to function in a group as well as independently with instructor support. 

  Please email your child's educational testing when you pre-register: [email protected]

  July 7-25, 2025

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• ASDEC Summer Elementary Program Online Afternoon Session

  • Start
    July 07, 2025
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    1:30 PM
  • End
    July 24, 2025
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    3:30 PM
  • Location
    Online
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  ASDEC provides the only Orton-Gillingham Based program endorsed by the International Dyslexia Association in the Washington, DC region. The program provides intensive instruction in reading, writing, spelling, and handwriting. Physical movement is added to the visual and auditory stimuli to provide multisensory learning. The hands-on aspect of the structured routines facilitates attention and concentration. The careful development of conceptual understanding and the high level of repetition reinforce memory. All activities build on the mastery of skills, which helps students build self-esteem as they experience success each day.

  Program Dates: July 7- July 24, 2025 

  Monday - Thursday from 1:30-3:30 

  For more information, see Summer Programs.

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• Multisensory Math 1 - Summer

  • Start
    July 09, 2025
  • End
    September 22, 2025
  • Location
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  Multisensory Math 1 Online

  Instructor: Marilyn Zecher
  

  Based on the Orton-Gillingham philosophy of teaching, Marilyn Zecher's Multisensory Mathematics I applies the research-based Concrete-Representation-Abstract (CRA) approach to teaching mathematics as advocated by the National Math Panel and the NCTM. Participants learn to apply this methodology in guiding students from foundation skills and numeracy to place value, operations, fractions and decimals. Participants learn to use manipulatives effectively to reinforce concepts, aid memory and enhance performance for all students. Strategies for helping students learn and retrieve math facts are stressed as well as structured procedures for computational accuracy. This approach is especially effective with students who learn differently, inclusion classes and ESL learners. The approach is effective for initial instruction as well as remedial work at all levels and is compatible with all curricula and programs.

  Program Dates:
  July 9-September 22, 2025

  With two 90 minute online sessions  with instructors - evening and weekend options available. Scheduling of online sessions will occur after the start of the class.

  You will receive instructions to login to the course on the first day of the course. 
  

  You will receive your math manual  by the first day of the class. Please provide a SECURE mailing address for delivery of your math manual.

  Refund Policy

  Courses: 50% if withdrawal is at least ten working days before the start of class. No refunds are available less than 10 days prior to the start of class. If a course is sold out, ASDEC will not refund payment at any time.  For more payment details please go to: http://www.asdec.org/ASDEC_payment 

  
  

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