Knowledge Structure Diagrams • In-Person

You know that feeling when you teach a new concept, and it feels like it just didn't "land"? Sometimes that's because the learning didn't link up for students.

True learning requires forging connections between ideas and concepts. And there's no better way to make these connections explicit than to make it visual. In this workshop we'll explore the four primary knowledge structures and examine simple but powerful visual diagrams that can be used to clearly represent each one. 

In this interactive workshop you will:

• Explore the importance of connections between ideas to learning
• Learn how to minimize student cognitive load using "dual coding" to pair verbal and visual information
• Practice matching the four primary knowledge structures to your lesson objectives
• Discover clear and simple diagrams to visually convey new information concretely

Participants receive:

• A certificate of completion for 5 contact hours of PD
• Active & Interactive Learning Quick Reference Guide
• Materials to turn-key core learnings to colleagues
• A surprise freebie to help your students (or you!) to learn, get organized, and self-regulate

The workshops provide teachers with a strengths-based lens and practical take-home strategies to make their classrooms inclusive and accessible to all students.

Workshops are limited to 20 participants to ensure participants have the materials, attention, and opportunities to interact that allow them to make this a valuable learning experience.

The location in downtown Brooklyn is accessible by many trains: 2 /3 / A / C / F / R / B / Q. Parking is also available.

About your facilitator

Aaron Lanou is an inclusive education coach working with teachers, schools, and organizations to implement strengths-based instruction and supports for autistic students and all kids with a variety of academic, executive functioning, and social support needs.

Through the lens of Universal Design for learning, Aaron works with educators to consider the kid in context, examining the environment, demands, and expectations as the starting point for helping students be successful. He specializes in helping teachers use clear and purposeful visual supports, focused graphic organizers, clarity and structure in instruction based on principles of learning and memory, and a range of executive functioning supports and other scaffolds. Committed to centering disabled perspectives, Aaron has learned from and alongside his students with disabilities and collaborates frequently with autistic colleagues and presenters.

A member of Carol Gray’s Team Social Stories, Aaron also provides Social Stories(TM) workshop and collaborates with Carol and the team to continually update and refine the Social Stories philosophy and approach.

Aaron started his career as a special education teacher and was previously Executive Director of the Nest Support Project at New York University, leading the nation’s largest inclusion program for autistic students. Aaron has presented nationally and internationally and has been adjunct faculty at Hunter College and NYU.

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