Multisensory Math Workshops

Multisensory Math Professional Learning

Hyde Park Day School, which specializes in the education of bright children with learning disabilities, has developed a research-based, innovative and effective curriculum for students with a range of learning disabilities. In order to share our expertise with the larger LD community, we have created the Joanne Steinback Educator Training Institute. The Institute is a training center for Learning Disabilities educators and allied professionals, offering professional education in a variety of curricular areas, including Marilyn Zecher’s Multisensory Math Approach™.

Our Instructional Coaches recently gave a presentation on Marilyn Zecher’s Multisensory Math Approach™ in Oklahoma City. Some of the comments received included:

I loved the actual hands on practice!

Great information that I will start using in the classroom right away. Great personalities. I enjoyed it.

I loved the presenters and could tell they were very knowledgeable. It was wonderful and I’d love to do it again!

Marilyn Zecher's Multisensory Math Approach™ Workshops

Multisensory Math Workshop

Five Day Workshop

Dates: June 23-27, 2025
Time: 8:30-3:30 CST
Location: HPDS Chicago Campus
6254 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637
Cost: $1,000 includes course manual, manipulatives, and daily breakfast and lunch

Marilyn Zecher’s Multisensory Math Approach™ builds on the multisensory tradition and uses Orton-Gillingham instructional strategies, which are supported by evidence from the What Works Clearinghouse, recommendations from the NCTM, neuroscience, and best practices in mathematics education. It includes evidence-based strategies we use to meet the needs of all students, not just those with special needs. It is designed for use in inclusion classrooms, small group instruction, one-on-one tutoring, or in homeschool classrooms. Its focus is on the core foundational concepts, the Big Ideas in math, providing a firm foundation, or providing intervention to help students catch up to keep up.

This workshop is the entire 5-day Multisensory Math 1 course covering the research, rationale, and principles of Marilyn Zecher’s Multisensory Math Approach™. It is the 30-hour graduate-level course, which has been offered online and at universities. Participants will receive the full course manual with articles, detailed explanations of major concepts, sample worksheets, graphic organizers, and reference materials. They will also receive access to a live recording of the workshop for a limited time.

Participants will:

Model math concepts with the CRA (Concrete, Representational, Abstract) Instructional Sequence.
Create and use manipulatives to apply in their teaching using traditional multisensory strategies.
Learn and utilize intentional explicit language processes in math.
Learn about the processing areas of different levels of math and how they align with language disabilities.
Develop lesson plans that can reach every learning need in one classroom.
Differentiate instruction for various levels of student needs within one lesson.
Explore inexpensive, time-saving, creative ways to teach the how and why of math using multisensory methods.
Complete the prerequisites to enter a practicum for certification, including guided practice with lesson planning and filming a 10-minute demonstration lesson.

For questions regarding the workshop, please email Sarah Imboden or Marisa Churchill at multisensorymath@hydeparkday.org. For questions regarding payment, including registering multiple participants, please email Tara Montgomery at [email protected].

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