Using the Building Blocks of Brain Development to Support Students with Learning Disabilities

About this Series

This course focuses on using the Building Blocks of Brain Development (BBBD) to help inform educators' programming decisions for students suspected of having a Specific Learning Disability (SLD). The BBBD is a neuroeducational framework to individualize interventions and accommodations for SLD. The framework guides educators in designing and delivering targeted interventions and accommodations to best support academic and behavioral needs for students with SLD.

Additional information:

This series is a continuation of the course, A Comprehensive Model for SLD Evaluations: Using the BBBD to Understand and Assess SLD.
To provide practitioners and teams with an intervention framework, based on a convergence of data from a comprehensive SLD evaluation.
This series is comprised of 5 modules with a total of 14 videos.
After viewing the modules viewers can earn a certificate of five (5) hours of recertification credit by completing the brief evaluation and knowledge check found in the Evaluation & Quiz section below.

Module 1

Module 1 consists of two videos.

Module 1.1 A Framework For SLD Supports and Interventions

Duration: approximately 17 minutes long

Learning Outcomes:

Understand why using the BBBD is important for SLD supports
Review key concepts of the 3-factor model and the BBBD
Understand some of the debate and research surrounding the BBBD

1.1 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 1.1

Module 1.2 Supports and Interventions

Duration: approximately 26 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand what makes for effective supports
Understand critical considerations and perspectives on SLD and interventions
Learn the important differences between interventions and accommodations

1.2 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 1.2

Module 2

Module 2 consists of six videos.

Module 2.1: A Review of the BBBD and Its Use in Supporting Students with SLD

Duration: approximately 12 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the essential components of the BBBD and its critical role in learning and identifying areas of need
Learn the most effective supports associated with the Fundamental Level of the Building Blocks of Brain Development

2.1 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 2.1

Module 2.2: Supporting Memory Issues

Duration: approximately 21 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand why memory is an essential block of the BBBD and its role in learning
Learn about effective memory supports to use with students

2.2 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 2.2

Module 2.3: Supporting Processing Speed Issues

Duration: approximately 17 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the nature of processing speed and its impact on learning
Learn the most effective supports for processing speed problems

2.3 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 2.3

Module 2.4: Supporting Attention Issues

Duration: approximately 19 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the nature of attention and its impact on learning
Learn about effective interventions for attention problems
Learn about various classroom accommodations for attention

2.4 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 2.4

Module 2.5: Supporting Inhibition Issues

Duration: approximately 23 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the nature of inhibition and its impact on learning
Learn the most effective interventions for inhibition problems
Learn about effective classroom accommodations for inhibition issues

2.5 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 2.5

Module 2.6: Supporting Sensory Motor Issues

Duration: approximately 15 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the nature of sensory and motor (S/M) functions and its impact on learning
Learn effective interventions for sensory and motor problems
Learn about effective classroom accommodations for sensory and motor issues

2.6 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 2.6

Module 3

Module 3 consists of three videos.

Module 3.1: Supporting Language Problems

Duration: approximately 30 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the nature of language functions and its impact on learning.
Learn effective interventions for language and reading problems.
Learn about effective classroom accommodations for language and reading difficulties.

3.1 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 3.1

Module 3.2: Supporting New Learning Issues

Duration: approximately 20 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand why some students struggle to learn new concepts
Learn effective interventions for “new” learning problems
Learn about effective strategies for students that struggle to learn mathematics

3.2 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 3.2

Module 3.3: Supporting Visual-Spatial Issues

Duration: approximately 21 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the links that visual-spatial processes have to specific learning disabilities and interpersonal problems
Learn effective interventions for visual-spatial problems
Learn about effective accommodations for students that have visual-spatial issues

3.3 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 3.3

Module 4

Module 4 consists of two videos.

Module 4.1: Supporting Social / Emotional Competency

Duration: approximately 22 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the relationship between brain functions, learning, and social / emotional competency
Understand key interventions to develop social / emotional competency
Understand key accommodations that supports social / emotional development

4.1 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 4.1

Module 4.2: Supporting Executive Functioning Issues

Duration: approximately 28 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Understand the importance of addressing Executive Functioning (EF) problems in students
Understand key interventions for Executive Functioning problems (EF)
Understand key accommodations that support students with EF deficits

4.2 Key Take Aways (PDF)

Watch 4.2

Module 5

Module 5 consists of one video.

Module 5.1 Making it Real: Series Review and Case Study

Duration: approximately 19 minutes long

Learning Outcomes

Review key points of the entire BBBD series
Making the BBBD practical: Case Study

Watch 5.1

Evaluation & Quiz

To receive a certificate for this training please complete a brief evaluation and 12 question quiz. If you complete the quiz with 6 out of 8 questions correct you will be emailed a personalized CDE Clock Hour Certificate for five (5) hours of recertification credit. If you do not pass the quiz, you will receive an email with feedback and a link to try again. Please note that emails may take up to 60 minutes to arrive. To ensure you receive the email please add the domain "Smartsheets.com" to your safe senders list.

Complete the Evaluation & Quiz

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