Keys to Adolescent Literacy Session H:

Supporting Adolescents with Literacy Difficulties

(Live Virtual Training)

This is a half day training.  Registration deadline is February 25, 2026.

A copy of the Essentials of Adolescent Literacy training book is required for this session and is not included in the registration fee.  The book can be purchased on the Keys to Literacy website.

Live Virtual Professional Development

The Keys trainer will use Zoom video conferencing to deliver this training in an interactive format using features such as breakout rooms and chat.  Sessions are not recorded - attendance only in real time.

Provide grades 5-12 educators with foundational literacy knowledge and adolescent literacy insights to support reading, writing, and engagement across all content areas.

Grounded in more than 20 years of experience and the latest research on effective adolescent literacy instruction, Keys to Adolescent Literacy provides powerful professional learning designed to enhance student literacy achievement incorporating Joan Sedita's The Essentials of Adolescent Literacy book.

This session is especially valuable for intervention educators and literacy leaders working with students in grades 5–12 who struggle with reading and writing. Content-area teachers who have a significant number of students with literacy challenges may also find the session highly relevant. Participants explore the underlying reasons some students experience literacy difficulties and gain a deeper understanding of how dyslexia and executive function deficits contribute to these challenges, as well as the additional hurdles faced by many older English learners. The session includes a review of research-based intervention practices and offers practical strategies for improving vocabulary, comprehension, decoding, fluency, and writing skills.

Training Description

The following topics are covered in this session:

• Overview of Adolescent Reading and Writing Difficulties
• Causes of Literacy Difficulty
• Supporting Struggling Learners in General Education
• Effective Interventions Instruction for Vocabulary
• Comprehension, Decoding, Fluency, and Writing
• Dyslexia
• Executive Functions
• English Learner Challenges

Connecting This Session to Keys to Literacy’s Comprehensive Professional Learning Suite: This session can stand alone as an introduction to intervention for students with reading and writing difficulties. It complements and pairs well with Session G “Advanced Word Study and Fluency”, and Session I “A Data-Driven Approach to Reading Intervention.”

ADDRESS TO SHIP BOOK

**Please note that training books will need to be mailed to participants.  Books will be mailed to the billing address provided, unless noted otherwise in the notes section of the online registration or sent to us by email.

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REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY

• If you cancel 3 days or more prior to training, you will be issued a 50% refund.
• No refunds will be issued for "no shows" or cancellations within 72 hours of training.
• Substitutions accepted.