Dates: April 5, 6 & 7, 2023
Time: 8:00am-2:00pm Central Standard Time
Cost: $679
Location: Online; registrants will be provided with a Zoom link. Handouts will be sent ahead of time.
WRS Introductory Course
This 16.5-hour course provides participants with an overview of the Wilson Reading System (WRS) and serves as the prerequisite for WRS Level I Certification Training. This course examines the intensive
intervention reading instruction necessary for students in grade two and above with persistent and
significant phonological-coding deficits. Participants learn about dyslexia (indicators, misconceptions,
neurobiological aspects, and prevalence), typical versus atypical reading acquisition, appropriate
student identification and placement, and key components and principles of instruction, including the
factors necessary for high-quality program implementation. How to teach phonology (including
phonemic awareness), morphology, and orthography in an integrated, explicit, systematic, and
multisensory way is demonstrated and practiced during the course. Participants explore the standard
ten-part WRS Lesson Plan and practice planning, delivering, and individualizing a WRS Lesson while
receiving modeling and feedback from a Wilson® Credentialed Trainer.