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Utilizing an Intensive Vocabulary Model to increase Standardized Measures for Reading and Vocabulary in Adolescents

0.5 PDH
0.05 ASHA CEUs
Thursday Session 3

Abstract

This presentation presents an examination of the effectiveness of an intensive vocabulary program with 25-30 high school students. Pre and post-treatment data are presented for high school students attending either an inclusion or resource English class. Results revealed significant increases in reading and vocabulary following one to four years of treatment. The speaker will share how this evidence-based research program is an effective student impact growth artifact for future Merit Pay submissions by school-based speech-language pathologists.

Presenter

Kami Rowland

Kamela “Kami” Rowland has been a speech-language pathologist in the Little Rock School District for 28 years. She currently serves as the lead speech-language pathologist at Little Rock Southwest High School. Her areas of research and treatment include Vocabulary and Literacy Intervention, ASD with emphasis on Executive Function and Frontal Lobe Disorders, and Fluency Counseling. Kami is also the lead sponsor for her school’s Chick-fil-A Leader Academy.

Kami Rowland Headshot

Learner Objectives

  • Identify strategies set forth in the Wordly Wise 3000 Vocabulary Program which prepares students to unlock the meaning of words they encounter in content area texts, literature, and standardized tests
  • Discuss improvements in grade-level reading and vocabulary skills as demonstrated by standardized measurements following implementation of the intensive Wordly Wise 3000 Vocabulary Program
  • Identify specific groups of students that will benefit from utilizing an intensive vocabulary program such as the Wordly Wise 3000

    Timed Outline

    • 5 min: Introduction
    • 10 min: Word Up and Wordly Wise Intensive Vocabulary Program
    • 10 min: Utilizing these results as for Merit Pay Submission as an Effective Student Impact Growth Artifact
    • 5 min: Closing/Questions

      Disclosure Statements

      Disclosures for Kami Rowland:

      Financial
      None
      Non-Financial
      ArkSHA Government/Advocacy, Summer Schools, and Annual Convention Committee Member; Students on the Hill Day Committee Chair