On-Demand Webinar: PPA Scale Structure, Purpose, and Features
This 1-hour on-demand webinar will introduce participants to the structure, purpose, and features of the Phonological and Print Awareness Scale (PPA Scale, Williams, 2014). The PPA Scale is a research-based, standardized measure of early literacy skills; skills that have consistently demonstrated a strong, predictive relationship with future measures of reading and writing. Results can be reported in standard scores for ages 3 years, 6 months through 8 years, 11 months; by growth scores for monitoring progress; and through descriptive error analyses for planning intervention strategies.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this on-demand webinar, the learner will be able to:
- Explain how phonological and print awareness are key prerequisites for young children learning to read and write.
- Identify the strengths and needs of young children’s literacy skills using norm-referenced scoring, as well as criterion-referenced information.
- Monitor progress in acquiring early literacy skills using parallel forms and Rasch-based growth scores.
Registration Cost
Number of Contact Hours Offered
1
Presenter Bio(s)
Kathleen T. Williams, PhD
From 1968 to 1989, Dr. Williams was a classroom teacher, speech pathologist, and school psychologist. From 1989 to 2009, she was engaged in the development and publishing of assessment and curriculum materials. She also taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Williams is currently semiretired, providing continuing education workshops in the areas of reading, oral language, and vocabulary development.
She is the author of the Phonological and Print Awareness Scale, Building Early Literacy Skills: Phonological and Print Awareness Activities, the Expressive Vocabulary Test (co-normed with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test), the Reading Fluency Indicator, the Group Mathematics Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation, the Math-Level Indicator, the Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation, and the Reading-Level Indicator. She is the co-author of the OWLS™-II Reading Comprehension Scale with Dr. Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk.
Dr. Williams has a BS in audiology and speech sciences from Purdue University, an MEd in elementary education—reading from Valparaiso University, an MA in educational psychology, and a PhD in school psychology from Ball State University. A Nationally Certified School Psychologist (retired), she holds an Indiana Life License as an elementary education teacher.
Disclosures
Presenters receive an honorarium and royalties for their presentation and from the sale of the webinar.
Original Webinar Date
June 26, 2024
Webinar Duration
60 minutes
Instructional Level
Introductory
Target Audience
Assessment professionals, including neuropsychologists, school psychologists, clinical psychologists, teachers, special education teachers, directors of special education, directors of curriculum and instruction, principals, reading specialists/interventionist, speech–language pathologists (SLPs), and occupational therapists (OTs).
Agenda
The on-demand courses are designed to be self-paced. You can start and stop as needed. You must watch the videos in their entirety before taking the CE test.
Registration and Confirmation
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Refund/Cancellation Policy and Late Registration/Transfer Fees
The on-demand courses available through the WPS Professional Learning Center (WPS ProLearn™) cannot be returned after they have been accessed and cannot be transferred.
Webinar Completion Requirements
To obtain your Certificate of Completion for on-demand CE courses, you must first watch the video. Then, answer the questions contained in the post-test on the WPS Professional Learning Center (WPS ProLearn™) and submit the post-test for scoring. A post-course evaluation survey will also be provided for you to submit feedback to WPS.
In order for a Certificate to be issued, you must pass the post-test with a score of 75% or higher. If you do not pass on your first attempt, you will be allowed two opportunities to retake the post-test. If you do not pass after a total of three attempts, you will need to repurchase access to the materials. We recommend that you make a copy of your post-test answers for your records before submitting them to WPS for scoring. All Certificates of Completion will be provided electronically in the WPS ProLearn system. No partial credit will be awarded.
Special Needs Request
WPS will make accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require specific accommodations, please email prolearn@wpspublish.com prior to or at the time of course registration so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Continuing Education Credit
APA Approved Sponsor
1 CE
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NBCC
1 CE
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