Cultural Intersectionality and Literacy (Multilingual Learners with Educational Disabilities Webinar Series)
Audience: Educators, Other District/School Staff | Topic: Literacy, Multilingual Learners, Special Education | Hosted by: Office of Special Education
Requirement for School / District Staff: N/A
Webinar format
The Offices of Special Education and Elementary Literacy and School Readiness proudly invite you to join the2025-26 Webinar Series: Multilingual Learners with Educational Disabilities. This engaging series brings together a star-studded lineup of national and Colorado-based researchers and practitioners who are leading the field with practical, student-centered approaches.
Participants will gain fresh insights into this often-overlooked intersectional population, explore evidence-based literacy strategies to strengthen instruction, and consider thoughtful adjustments to referral, evaluation, and programming decision-making.
This series is for Special Education teams, including ELD Teachers, Literacy Specialists, Directors, and Coordinators in Special Education and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education.
Download the Series Booklet (PDF)
Registration
Registration for each webinar will close two weeks before each respective webinar to ensure accessibility. Zoom links and invites will be sent out two weeks prior to each webinar.
Space is limited, so reserve your spot today
Register for one or more session
About this Session
Presented by Dr. Amy Ferrell
This webinar will focus on evidence-based practices thathonor the cultural nature of learning for students withlearning disabilities. We will explore how culture acts as thevehicle for learning and how to capitalize on the strengths ofstudents with dyslexia and other language-based specificlearning disabilities. Attendees will learn about strategies fordesigning literacy instruction that leverages students’cultural practices.
About the Speaker
Dr. Amy Ferrell began working with people with disabilities as a careprovider in 1999. She was a special educator for six years before entering academia, andshe now teaches and studies literacy, language, and community in special education.Her scholarship situates disability research in social, cultural, historical, racial, linguistic,and political contexts. She explores critical literacy approaches in special education, as well as collaborative and communal models of learning.
Event Date and Time
- Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 8:30am to 9:45pm
Location
OnlineCertificate
Attendees will receive 1 hour of Special Education recertification credit, which satisfies part of the new renewal requirements under Colorado HB 21-1104.
Contact Information
Hunter Smith or Brie JohnsonSmith_H@cde.state.co.us or Johnson_B@cde.state.co.us
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