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Cost is $1,695 per person through May 28, 2027 and $1,895 per person after May 28, 2027. Save $200 per person when registering a group of 3 or more.
From July 19-22, 2027, Learning & the Brain is offering a Summer Institute on the campus of Boston University.
This Institute will review the science of reading development and reading disability (including dyslexia), assessment and remediation for reading disability, and the brain bases of these aspects of the science of reading. You will learn about how assessment can guide the understanding of reading skills through screening, progress monitoring, diagnostic, and summative measures. We will review research on and principles of effective reading instruction and intervention, and examine evidence for the importance of early identification (screening) and early intervention. You will see how the brain develops the capacity to read, how brain structure and function differ in reading disability, and how effective remediation results in the brain plasticity that underlies improved reading skill.
The Institute is designed to be an intense, hands-on workshop with group projects, and therefore is limited to 50 participants.
Define and characterize types of reading disabilitiesAnalyze challenges that commonly co-occur with reading disabilities and their implications for learningIdentify how assessments can inform our understanding of reading development and difficultiesApply evidence-based principles of instruction, intervention, and remediation, while recognizing systemic barriers beyond instruction (e.g., summer learning loss, fade-out effects)Understand how structure and function is measured in the human brainExplain how learning to read reshapes brain structure and function across developmentAnalyze neural differences associated with dyslexia and related reading difficultiesEvaluate evidence for brain plasticity resulting from effective reading interventionPreK-12 Teachers and Reading SpecialistsAdministrators, School Psychologists, and School CliniciansEducation Professors and College Professors
Interaction between faculty and participants outside the classroom is an integral part of the Institute. To foster this total immersion learning environment, participants are housed in shared apartments with their own bedrooms in a dormitory on the campus of Boston University in Boston, MA. The apartments contain four bedrooms and two bathrooms and are located at 10 Buick Street. The institute provides three nights lodging with an arrival date of July 19 and a departure date of July 22. If you would like to arrange for an early arrival and stay over on the night of July 18, the extra cost would be $125. If you are interested in making your own accommodations off-campus, please call us at 857-444-1500 x1. Boston University is located in the city of Boston, close to Kenmore Square and Fenway Park and along the "T" with easy access to all the sites of Boston. All facilities are ADA compliant. Please check the online schedule for information on the meals provided.
Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Director, Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab; 2014 Winner of the "Transforming Education Through Neuroscience" Award from the Learning & the Brain Foundation and the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society; Co-Author, "Timing Matters: Leveraging Temporal Contexts for Interpreting Reading Progress" (2026, Mind, Brain & Education) and "Dissociating Executive Function and ADHD Influences on Reading Ability in Children with Dyslexia" (2022, Cortex)
