Three workshops by Elizabeth Haughton are among the training opportunities in Precision Teaching and Lindamood Phoneme Sequencings (LiPS)

In using Precisions Teaching techniques, skills are taught and then practiced until they are fluent because rather than just accuracy predicts retention and transfer into more complex repertoires and application in novel contexts. All of the workshops will use curricula of the Haughton Learning Center.

Elizabeth Haughton is a teacher who has used the techniques of Precision Teaching in classrooms and in her private practice, the Haughton Learning Center, for more than twenty-five years.  She participated in the original research that demonstrated the correlation between rates of performance and students' abilities to retain and apply skills. Elizabeth has trained and supervised teachers in several schools, including Morningside Academy, a school for children with significant learning difficulties in Seattle, Washington.

PRECISION TEACHING INTRODUCTION
January 20 & 27, 2010 (snow-date February 3)
Wednesdays 6:00pm-9:00pm

An introduction to the history and efficacy of Precision Teaching as well as teaching and charting techniques (A preparation for the Elizabeth Haughton training sessions the following week)

The only cost of the four-hour training is $15.00 to cover dinner and materials.
Jean Tucker, M.Ed., CCC-SLP and Julia Higgins will teach the course. It will be held at the Jean C. Tucker Communication & Education Skills at 92 Portsmouth Avenue, Suite 4, Exeter, New Hampshire.

FOUNDATION SKILLS in ORAL LANGUAGE
(Naming object, pictures; basic associations)
February 10, 2010
6:00pm-9:00pm

FOUNDATION SKILLS in READING & SPELLING
(Fluency for letters, sound/spelling correspondences, words for readings & spelling)
February 17, 2010
6:00pm-9:00pm

FOUNDATION SKILLS in HANDWRITING
March 3, 2010
6:00pm-9:00pm

FOUNDATION SKILLS in MATHEMATICS
(Fluency for digits, numbers & basic math facts)
March 10, 2010
6:00pm-9:00pm

These workshops are designed to provide you with the necessary skills to implement precision teaching fluency techniques in each academic area. In addition, this series will provide you with the background necessary to benefit from the advanced workshops with Elizabeth Haughton. Each class costs $30.00.

PRECISION TEACHING for MATHEMATICS with Elizabeth Haughton
(Fluency necessary for fractions, algebra, etc.)
March 22, 2010
Monday 4:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

PRECISION TEACHING for LANGUAGE with Elizabeth Haughton
(Categories, associations, sequencing)
March 23, 2010
Tuesday 4:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

PRECISION TEACHING for READING & SPELLING with Elizabeth Haughton
(Passage reading, recall of facts, comprehension)
March 25, 2010
Thursday 4:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Skills are taught and then practiced until they are fluent rather than just accurate because fluency predicts retention and transfer into more complex repertoires and application in novel contexts.  Elizabeth will complete an assessment as well as demonstrate techniques with a student. Each class costs $75.00.

Participants will receive a letter stating the hours of training and a description of the objectives of training upon completion of the prescribed hours.