Phonics 1-to-1: A Sounds-Write Symposium

May 23 - May 28, 2021

40+ masterclasses on how to effectively bring students back up to their target literacy levels when they fall behind.

The talks center around practical strategies in a general intervention setting, but we'll also feature presentations on how to help students with learning disabilities or other challenges the best.

Now, anyone can experience the strategies, methods, and ideas that are changing the lives of children in a post-pandemic world.

Update: May 29, 2021

The event is now over. Please upgrade to the All Access Pass to keep watching any of the 40 presentations, or to start watching in case you were busy during the week itself.

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Symposium Talks

We've recorded over 40 presentations with some of the world's leading experts to share with you for this inaugural Sounds-Write Symposium.

Naomi Hinton, Alison Perry & John Walker

Welcome Ceremony
Pamela Snow Professor of Cognitive Psychology, La Trobe University

Keynote: Reading success in the primary years and beyond: Linking language and cognition in classroom instruction
Theresa Plummer Sounds-Write Trainer, St George’s CE Primary School

Supporting Intervention children to access the whole class lesson.
Lisa Watts Sounds-Write Trainer, Psychologist, and Tutor Manager, Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation

Getting the most out of intervention - Essential Components of an Intervention Session
Miriam Fein Speech-Language Pathologist and Reading Specialist

Small habits can make a big difference: Integrating sound, spelling, and meaning
Charlotte MacKechnie Sounds-Write Trainer, STEP Ahead Teaching School Alliance

Decodable Readers: How to use them in class and in an intervention setting.
Maureen McDaniell Sounds-Write Trainer, Soundliteracy.com.au

Starting out as a specialist reading tutor.
Emma Nahna Speech Language Therapist, Sound Foundations for Literacy

Never Too Late: Teaching adult learners to read and spell.

Protecting Vulnerable Children from Whole Language Teaching 25 May 2021, 12:00 PM

Louise Mcmullan Sounds-Write Phonics

Developmental Language Disorder – The impact of language difficulties on literacy acquisition. 26 May 2021, 03:00 PM

Lauren Bellini Sounds-Write Trainer and Speech Pathologist, Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation

Language and Cognition – Two sides of the same coin. 24 May 2021, 03:00 PM

Kim Bloor & Emily Jackson The Dyslexia SPELD Foundation (DSF) & Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation

Symposium Outtro: Goodbye for Now 28 May 2021, 04:00 PM

Naomi Hinton, Alison Perry & John Walker

Over 40 experts on phonics and literacy

Our experts will be sharing their years of knowledge, strategies and tactics for improving literacy and phonics learning.

Meet the speakers

The pandemic has left a hundreds of thousands of students far off the target for their age group, which will have catastrophic knock-on effects if not addressed urgently.

The Sounds-Write Symposium is an industry-first conference with over 40 experts in literacy training, speech pathology, and educators. Never before has this level of detail and information been made available to the general public, and for free as well!

So now, anyone, whether you're a curious parent, a school administrator, or just an interested third party can find out just how literacy and phonics interventions are done to optimise the success for children across the english-speaking world.

The 40+ talks will also address specific areas of phonics training, working with learning disabilities and other challenges, as well as plenty of examples from our extremely succesful, quality-first, phonics program presented by many of our great Sounds-Write trainers.

This unique insight is normally reserved for people attending our professional courses, but now everyone can peek behind the curtain and discover just how interventions in phonics and literacy education work.

Praise for Sounds-Write

Michael Park Headteacher, Princecroft School, Wiltshire

Sounds-Write has had a significant impact at Princecroft School and is transforming the life chances of our children.
Ian Clennan Headteacher, Selby Community Primary School

Sounds-Write is more than just a scheme for phonics. For Selby Community Primary School it has improved pupils’ self-esteem around reading and writing.
Lindsay Vollans St Michael's CE Primary School

Teachers’ subject knowledge and therefore their confidence with teaching phonics has vastly improved since the implementation of Sounds-Write.
Emma Nahna Speech and Language Therapist, NZ

Sounds-Write has provided me with a solid understanding of evidence-based techniques to teach anyone to read and write - of any age!
Fiona F. Speech-Language Pathologist

Sounds-Write has been an amazing course to add to my therapy toolbox! I use it with all of literacy clients. I like how it gives therapists clear...
Jessica Farrell Speech Pathologist, Australia

I'm a speech pathologist working primarily with kids with autism. The Sounds-Write program has been straight forward and effective with every child I've...
Donna Livingstone Tutor, Capes Reading

I love that Sounds-Write supports the student by working with success at their level and gives them opportunities to practise and become masters before...
Anonymous Support EALD Teacher

Sounds-Write has been the key to seeing progress in my students. The way the program is set out has catered for support students that have been stagnant...