Chris Woodin has developed innovative, research-based methods for teaching about numbers and learning basic math skills.  Methods will be presented that use minimum language demands and whole-to-part, multimodal strategies to help students express, relate, store, and retrieve information efficiently.  Mr. Woodin is a specialist in the fields of mathematics and learning disabilities.  The three sessions are appropriate for parents and educators of students with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia.

 

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