New 2025 Content

Live & On Demand

Join our online community where you'll be supporting to navigate your way through Literacy & Language Assessment & Intervention for School Age Students with an Australian Focus. | Attend training live or whenever suits you in either video or audio [podcast] format. | book in for a 30 min 1:1 chat to ask questions or trouble shoot tricky cases Access support when you need it through our online community where you're free to post any questions and trouble shoot solutions. | Join annually or for as long as you need. | Email [email protected] for multi member Private Practice | Department discounts.

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The Tier 3 Toolkit Membership is a resources that allows you to access the professional development and support that you need, when you need it. There is not a prescribed order or sequence but rather it is a library of professional development and resources that can support your learning no matter where you are up to in your knowledge about the science of reading, science of learning and science of writing when providing assessment and intervention to students.

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Explore the research and it practical implementation to support academic language skills, reading comprehension and writing skills at sentence, paragraph and text level. Take a deeper dive into supporting more complex clients typically seen on the caseload of a speech pathologist and learn how to take a research aligned, data driven approach to providing effective intervention individualised to student needs. Discussions include the incorporation of technology to support student independence and maximise learning.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Tier 3 Toolkit for Language, Learning and Literacy

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Navigating the Tier 3 Toolkit Library

    3. Certificate and How to track PD Hours

    4. De-identified Assessment Report Samples and Template

    1. Instructional Scaffolding & Word Analogies

    2. Recording: Instructional Scaffolding & Word Analogies

    3. Practical Sentence Level Writing Intervention Handouts | Resources

    4. Practical Sentence Level Writing Intervention

    5. Language, Dyscalculia & Maths Learning Difficulties

    6. Language, Dyscalculia & Maths Learning Difficulties - Handouts

    7. Toolkit Question Answering and Summarising with Decodable Text

    8. Toolkit Question Answering and Summarising with Decodable Text - Handout

    9. Input Phonics

    10. Handouts & Input Phonics Resources

    11. Expository Text - Question Answering and Summarising

    12. Handouts - Expository Text Question Answering and Summarising

    13. Using Animation Clips to Enhance Literacy

    14. Handouts - Using Animation Clips to Enhance Literacy

    15. Harnessing the Reading and Writing Connection for Student Success Part 1

    16. Handouts - Harnessing the Reading and Writing Connections for Student Success [Part 1 & Part 2]

    17. Part 2 Harnessing the Reading and Writing Connection for Student Success

    1. Language Skills for Academic Achievement

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Language Skills for Academic Achievement

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. January 2024 Live Q & A - Evening

    4. Explicitly Teaching Reading Comprehension

    5. Explicitly Teaching Reading Comprehension - Handouts

    6. February 2024 Live Q & A - Lunchtime

    7. February 2024 Live Q & A Evening

    8. Sentence Skills & Syntax Handouts [+ Resources]

    9. Sentence Skills & Syntax

    10. March 2024 Q & A Lunchtime

    11. March 2024 Q & A Evening

    12. Paragraph Writing

    13. Paragraph Writing Handouts

    14. April Q & A Evening

    15. Text Structures Part 1 - Handout

    16. Text Structures Part 1

    17. May 2024 Q & A Lunchtime [Explore Spark Notes & the SPELDNSW Literacy Hub]

    18. May 2024 Q & A Evening [Explore CAS + Literacy, Phonological Awareness + Writing]

    19. Resources + Links from May Q & A Chats [Evening + Lunchtime]

    20. Text Structures - Part 2

    21. Handout - Text Structures Part 2

    22. Reading & Spelling: Supporting Treatment Resisters

    23. Handout - Reading & Spelling: Supporting Treatment Resisters

    24. July Live Q & A - Lunchtime [Writing Intervention + Prep|Kinder Literacy Group]

    25. Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Childhood Apraxia of Speech [CAS]

      FREE PREVIEW

    26. Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Childhood Apraxia of Speech [CAS] - Handouts

      FREE PREVIEW

    27. Reading Fluency - Part 1

    28. Reading Fluency - Part 1 Handouts & Resource Downloads

    29. Reading Fluency - Part 2

    30. Reading Fluency - Part 2

    31. Spelling Part 1 Handouts & Resources

    32. Spelling Part 1

    33. Spelling Part 2 - Handouts & Resources

    34. Spelling Part 2

    1. Unpacking Assessment - Handout - Standardised Assessment Tools

    2. Unpacking Assessment - Standardised Assessment Tools Part 1

    3. Unpacking Assessment - Standardised Assessment Tools Part 2

    4. Unpacking Assessment - Curriculum Based Assessment [CBM]

    5. Unpacking Assessment - Curriculum Based Assessment Resources

    6. Unpacking Assessment - Universal Screening

    7. Unpacking Assessment - Universal Screening

    8. Research

    1. Understanding Intervention - Part 1 Instructional Method - Handouts

    2. Understanding Intervention - Part 1 - Instructional Method

    3. Understanding Intervention - Part 2 - Tier 1 Resources

    4. Understanding Intervention - Part 2 - Tier 1 Resources - Handouts

    5. Understanding Intervention - Part 3 - Tier 2 & 3 Resources - Downloads

    6. Understanding Intervention - Part 3 - Tier 2 & 3 Resources

    7. Apps & Technology Tools

    8. Supporting Tier 3 Students [Who haven’t responded to more intensive Intervention] - Part 1

    9. Supporting Tier 3 Students [Who haven’t responded to more intensive Intervention] - Part 2

    10. Handouts - Supporting Tier 3 Students [Treatment Resisters

    1. TEXT STRUCTURE POSTERS

    2. Making Writing Accessible - Apps and Technology Tools

    3. Extract LitLexiconAdolescents.Nippold18

    4. Module 2: Working Beyond Phonics Handouts [SPA Workshop Replay]

    5. Research

    6. Part 1 Working Beyond Phonics Webinar

    7. Part 2 Working Beyond Phonics [MultiSyllabic Words]

    8. Handouts & Resources for Part 2 - MultiSyllabic Words

    9. Part 3 Working Beyond Phonics [Reading Comprehension]

    10. Part 3 Working Beyond Phonics [Reading Comprehension] - Downloads

    11. Part 4 Working Beyond Phonics: Reading Fluency

    12. Part 4 Working Beyond Phonics: Reading Fluency - Downloads

    13. Part 5: Working Beyond Phonics - Stretch Texts

    14. Part 5: Working Beyond Phonics - Stretch Texts HANDOUT

About this course

  • $495.00 / year

  • Live & On Demand

    Attend Live or access content On-Demand. Content is arranged so that you can dip in and out to get the knowledge you need when you need it. Should you need to refresh you can update your knowledge when it suits you. All Content is also available as a private podcast feed for learning on the go!

  • Chat Community

    Do you struggle to translate professional learning into practice. Would you like to be able to troubleshoot challenges and build knowledge at your own pace? An online community that is not part of social media to ensure everyone has access and all can participate.

  • Live Q & A

    As professionals and lifelong learners, sometimes it is beneficial to ask questions and trouble shoot more challenging cases. As a response to participant demand, the group live Q & A's have been discontinued for 2025 and replaced by the option to book 1:1 x 30min chats with Kathryn. There are 4 times lots available weekly and no restriction on the number of times you can use this option.

  • Case Studies

    As medical intervention improves there are students within out mainstream classrooms who may not have survived in previous generations. Sharing case studies allows for the sharing of single case students, those with unique presentations. Participants are welcome to suggest cases for discussion.

  • How to Guides

    Resources include a range of topics. How to use a range of technology resources; How to navigate NAPLAN provisions; understanding the process for HSC Disability provision applications. This will be an ever evolving library of resources & members are welcome to place specific requests.

  • Resource Library

    Practical resources to use in the clinic and classroom. Report Templates and an ever evolving library of curriculum aligned resources for oral language, reading comprehension and writing across K-12. Accessible formats of resources comparable with platforms like google slides & SeeSaw will be prioritised.

FAQ

  • I am new to working with Language, Learning & Literacy across K-12 is this membership appropriate?

    Understanding Assessment and Effective Intervention is ideal for Speech Pathologists who are new to working with Language, Literacy & Learning across K-12. Final Year Speech Pathology Students and New Graduate Speech Pathologists are also welcome. There is the opportunity to book 30 min 1:1 chats and an online community so there are many ways ask questions and access support.

  • I feel confident working with students in K-2 however I want to expand my skills to work with upper primary and High School students. My caseload is becoming older and student needs are becoming more complex. Will this membership meet my needs?

    Working beyond Phonics is focused on working with older students in upper primary and high school. | It will be a much slower pace and expanded version of my recent SPA Conference Workshop with additional resources, examples and many opportunities for questions and discussions. | There is the opportunity to take a deeper dive into Reading Comprehension, the link to Oral Language plus Writing Instruction and also a focus on Treatment Resisters | Everyone is welcome & all knowledge levels catered for.

  • Why are the membership options 3, 6 and 12 months?

    The Membership options allow members to schedule payments at a schedule that is convenient to their needs. An annual membership comes with 2 months free, 6 or 3 monthly membership provide increased flexibility and the option of avoiding any membership deductions during school holidays or Christmas / New Year breaks.

  • Do I have to progress through the learning options in a set order?

    No. Consider your membership to be your own personal learning, resource and professional support library. You can access what you need when you need it. Customise your professional development to times that suit you. At any time you need to ask a specific question, update or refresh your knowledge or trial a new resource you can!

  • Is there sufficient content to meet SPA professional learning and professional supervision requirements?

    Yes. There is over 40 hours of PD, the opportunity to book a 1:1 30 min chat which can count as professional supervision and members will have access to a 25% discount on any additional 1:1 coaching with Kathryn [longer than 30]

  • Do you offer a discount for multiple members from a single Private Practice

    Please email [email protected] to find out more details.

  • Are there any restrictions on when you can become a member?

    Members can join at anytime. This allows you to access training and support when you need it.

Instructor(s)

Founder, Language and Learning Kathryn Thorburn

About Kathryn Thorburn | Speech Pathologist CPSP | MSPA [25 yrs] | Accredited Teacher NESA [Proficient] [20yrs] | Mainstream K-12 experience & M.Tch [Special Ed] | SPELDNSW Tutor | former LDA Consultant Teacher | Kids Rehab & Paed Brain Injury Team HNEHealth | Classroom Teacher | School Executive I CSO Consultant | NESA Teacher Writing Team - NSW English Syllabus [K-2 + 3-6 ]+ Supporting Hunter NELI Project 2023/24 [Nuffield Early Language Intervention] | Clinical Educator Uni.Sydney & Uni.Newcastle Speech Pathology Programs [4th Yr & Masters]

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