Speech to Print Advantage | Dr. Jan Wasowicz
December 5 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Description: This session will explore the importance differences between a ‘speech-to-print’ approach to literacy instruction and teaching that is based on ‘print-to-speech’.
Presented by: Dr. Jan Wasowicz, Founder, President, & CEO of Learning by Design, Inc.
Dr. Jan Wasowicz, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, has more than 40 years of experience as a language, literacy, and learning specialist. She has worked with students who have language-based reading, writing, and spelling problems in a variety of educational settings, including public schools and private practice.
Dr. Wasowicz is frequently invited to speak about best practices in literacy assessment and instruction at national, state, and local meetings and has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses, holding faculty positions at Northwestern University, Elmhurst College, Rush–Presbyterian–St. Luke’s Medical Center, and Governors State University. She currently serves as an advisory board member for The Reading League Illinois and an external consultant for Purdue University’s Interdepartmental Science of Reading Initiative to strengthen teacher preparation in using science-based methods for literacy instruction.
She has authored articles appearing in scholarly journals, is the inventor of the original Earobics® software, and is an author of all SPELL-Links products and is the lead moderator of the esteemed SPELLTalk multi-disciplinary professional listserv. Throughout her career she has received numerous awards and patents in recognition of her pioneering work and her contributions to the fields of education, language, learning, and literacy.
Dr. Wasowicz is an ASHA-certified, IL-licensed and FL-licensed speech-language pathologist and an ASHA Board Certified Specialist in Child Language and she holds a professional educator license with multiple endorsements from the State Teacher Certification Board of Illinois. She maintains a private practice in IL via tele-practice.
