During this webinar, facilitated by Rose Marie Flanagan, attendees will 

1. Explore the different types of literacy difficulties
2. Identify the co-occurring needs that may present
3. Highlight types of assessment tools that may be used
4. Explore interventions for reading, spelling, comprehension and vocabulary
5. Highlight the pertinence of differentiation
6. Discuss the principles of teaching literacy
7. Describe the importance of the multi-sensory approach when teaching
8. Explore the importance of fluency when reading

Rose-Marie Flanagan is an administrative Principal at St. Anne’s School, Ennis, Co. Clare. She worked as a SENCO, special class teacher and mainstream class teacher at St. Joseph’s Secondary School, Tulla, Co. Clare. Rose-Marie also completed a five-year secondment as an Advisor with the NCSE and currently works as an Associate with the NCSE. She designs and delivers seminars in SEN at third level also. She has a graduate Diploma in SEN and a Masters of Education in the area of Special Education, both awarded from Mary Immaculate College. Her current interests are Inclusion Policy and Practice, Social and Emotional learning, Positive Behaviour Support and Assistive Technology.