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November 3-5, 2026 – Wilson Reading System Workshop – with Elizabeth Hoksbergen, EdS
Tuesday, November 3 · 8:30 a.m. · PEI Conference Center
- When
- Tuesday, November 3 · 8:30 a.m.
- Where
- PEI Conference Center974 73rd Street, Suite 30 · West Des Moines, IA · 50265
About this event
November 3-5, 2026 (8:30am – 4:00pm)
Contact applesofgoldworkshops@gmail.com to register. You will be emailed an electronic invoice- once paid you will be sent a course link. Seats are limited.
Join Wilson® Credentialed Trainer Elizabeth Hoksbergen, EdS for a three-day Wilson Reading System® (WRS) Introductory Course. This course provides an overview of the WRS 4th Edition curriculum and serves as the prerequisite for WRS Level I Certification, allowing you to become a Wilson Dyslexia Practitioner.
Offered by Apples of Gold Center for Learning, this course is for educators, therapists, parents, and anyone interested in providing intensive intervention for individuals with dyslexia or language-based learning disabilities. The Wilson Reading System® is an effective, systematic program based on Orton-Gillingham principles, designed to help individuals with persistent phonological coding deficits improve their literacy skills.
Course Overview
• Dates: Three consecutive days (16.5 hours)
• Content: Phonemic awareness, decoding, word identification, morphological awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, spelling, and handwriting.
• Methods: Learn to implement WRS through diagnostic-prescriptive, explicit, multisensory, cumulative instruction techniques.
• Outcome: Understand how to create personalized lessons and deliver structured literacy effectively for students who struggle with reading and writing.
• Certification: Completion of this 3-day course is the prerequisite to pursue Level I Certification in the Wilson Reading System.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
• Define dyslexia and understand how to identify and place students in the WRS program.
• Use multisensory techniques for teaching reading, spelling, and comprehension.
• Apply the WRS lesson plan and strategies for decoding, morphology, spelling, fluency, and comprehension.
Wilson Resets Your Child’s Trajectory for Literacy, Learning, and Life!
Each participant will receive one licensure renewal credit.
Listed by Professional Educators of Iowa (The Events Calendar), gathered by the West Des Moines events calendar.