Professional Training Institute

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The Professional Training Institute, based in Needham, MA, offers research-based programs designed to help teachers and specialists meet the needs of students who require systematic and multisensory learning approaches.

PTI's Beyond Associate seminars are designed for individuals who have completed Associate or Classroom Educator   traini...
08/25/2026

PTI's Beyond Associate seminars are designed for individuals who have completed Associate or Classroom Educator training or , literacy specialists, and special and general educators looking to strengthen their skills in implementing literacy instruction grounded in the and seek further enhancement of their diagnostic and prescriptive teaching skills.

Organized as a series of eight 2-hour workshops delivered via remote synchronous instruction, participants may attend any or all of the sessions. These seminars provide continued professional growth and count toward the CEU requirement for annual recertification through the Orton-Gillingham Academy. Each Beyond Associate course offers 2 PDPs/0.2 IACET CEUs/2 Contact Hours.

NEW THIS YEAR: For an additional fee of $210, participants who take six Beyond Associate courses this academic year and write a brief reflection paper on their experience can now receive one graduate credit from Fitchburg State University. During this inaugural year only, folks who have taken three of these courses in previous years can take the three new ones this year and be eligible for graduate credit.

Join us to further enhance your diagnostic and prescriptive teaching skills.

The Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®) Program helps students develop  , and implementation is aligned with current r...
07/31/2026

The Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®) Program helps students develop , and implementation is aligned with current research that supports and simultaneously.

Empower your instruction and improve student outcomes with strategies you can immediately bring into your classroom.

You'll leave equipped with letter and mouth cards, decodables, and access to ongoing support that will make 2026-27 your (and your students') most successful school year yet!

August 10-13, 2026 | 8:30am-3pm
36 PDPs; 2.4 IACET CEUs

Register Today: commlearntraining.com/training-schedule/

07/23/2026

At PTI, we’re committed to providing accessible and convenient research-based professional development without sacrificing quality.

Explore our lineup of accredited remote synchronous instruction courses at commlearntraining.com/training-schedule/

Take your multisensory teaching skills to the next level this summer. Registration is now open for August (and beyond!) ...
07/08/2026

Take your multisensory teaching skills to the next level this summer. Registration is now open for August (and beyond!) at commlearntraining.com/training-schedule/.

Actor Tom Holland recently revealed that, although it has been offered to him a number of times, he has turned down the ...
06/04/2026

Actor Tom Holland recently revealed that, although it has been offered to him a number of times, he has turned down the opportunity to host Saturday Night Live.

The show uses cue cards to guide hosts through their performances, and Holland expressed concern over the, "concept of trying to read something and they [the words] change."

"The truth is that I'm just really scared," he said, adding he's "heavily dyslexic."

The actor has revealed he turned down presenting Saturday Night Live out of fear of cue cards changing.

Join Shawn Morrissey, creator of The Word Mapping Project, for an engaging introduction to this innovative literacy curr...
06/03/2026

Join Shawn Morrissey, creator of The Word Mapping Project, for an engaging introduction to this innovative literacy curriculum. Discover how The Word Mapping Project helps students connect , vocabulary, spelling, , and sentence composition.

Whether you are new to the curriculum or considering implementation, this webinar is the perfect place to start!

This free prerecorded webinar will be followed by a live Q&A with , M.Ed., Director of Professional Training Institute.

https://bit.ly/WMP26

Through the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®) Program and Nancibell® Visualizing and Verbalizing® Program for Langua...
05/27/2026

Through the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®) Program and Nancibell® Visualizing and Verbalizing® Program for Language Comprehension and Thinking®, you will gain practical, research-based tools to strengthen phonemic awareness, language comprehension, and reading fluency. These transformative programs help students develop the sensory-cognitive foundations needed for confident reading and meaningful comprehension. Empower your instruction, deepen student outcomes, and join us to learn strategies you can immediately bring into your classroom.



The Commonwealth Learning Center is an independent, non-profit teaching facility and is not affiliated with Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, Pat Lindamood, Phyllis Lindamood, or Nanci Bell.

Now Enrolling for Summer at commlearntraining.com/training-schedule/
05/14/2026

Now Enrolling for Summer at commlearntraining.com/training-schedule/

  has a new definition. Join Professional Training Institute’s  and  to unpack the 2025 update from the  and learn what ...
05/11/2026

has a new definition. Join Professional Training Institute’s and to unpack the 2025 update from the and learn what it means for screening, instruction, and student success at this webinar and Q&A.

bit.ly/DYSLEXIAREDEFINED

Grateful today and every day ❤️
05/05/2026

Grateful today and every day ❤️




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