Literacy, Language, and Peirce
Date: October 24, 2026; 9:00 AM to Noon in person; 2 hours for debriefing at a later time will be optional (Zoom)
Place: La Salle Catholic College Prep, Library; Milwaukie, Oregon
Sponsors: Ellyn Lucas Arwood, Ed.D., Presenter; Chris Merideth, Ed.D., Co-Sponsor from Neuroeducation Press; Jan Downing, M.Ed., Co-Sponsor; Carole Kaulitz, M.Ed., Co-Sponsor; Chris Long, E.Ed., LaSalle Liaison and Co-Sponsor.
Cost: $125 for the 3 hour workshop. Debriefing at a later date will cost an additional $50. You must register before you attend, and we ask that if you register, you show up, as the space is limited. Once registered, an electronic handout will be sent to you. Please note that you may bring a closed, covered drink into the facility. Eating inside is not allowed. Register through NeuroEd Press website (www.neuroedpress.com)
Level of Content (Advanced): For participants to most effectively utilize the content of this workshop, you probably will want to have been exposed to the NsLLT through one or more of these avenues: professional mentoring by someone with an NsLLT background; on site work mentoring of the NsLLT methods; workshops about the NsLLT or pragmaticism methodology; and/or University of Portland neuroeducation classes. This is considered an advanced workshop as defined by ASHA.org.
Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to provide participants who possess an understanding of the NsLLT with a unique opportunity to continue their learning about theory and practice as it relates to being a Neuro-Educator in today’s schools.
Content: This workshop’s content will focus on aligning literacy methods and learning using the Peircean concepts of firstness, secondness, and thirdness. Specifically, the workshop will focus on aligning VLM’s with levels of language from sampling assessments. The presenter will demonstrate how to use literacy artifacts such as oral samples, written language samples, and drawings to determine levels and types of intervention for various age levels.
