How to Support Your Child as They Learn to Read

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Children's Room — 1139 Highland Ave., Needham, MA

Needham Special Education Parents Advisory Council (SEPAC) invites you to join language and literacy experts Dr. Sasha Yamplosky and Dr. Catherine Ullman Shade for a short presentation and discussion encompassing how children learn to read and how to support early literacy development. This presentation is open to all and may be of special interest to parents/guardians and caretakers of pre-k through first grade children. Presentation is for parents, a craft table for children will be in the back of the room with high schoolers to assist them. The event is the first of the Reading Roadmap series sponsored Needham SEPAC. Each month this school year, the Needham Free Public Library, in collaboration with Needham SEPAC, will offer programming meant to support your child’s literacy journey.

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