Speaking Events
I love connecting with educators in person. Here's where you can find me presenting, learning, and talking all things neurodivergent literacy.
From Page to Possibility
Alabama Literacy Association Fall Conference
November 5-6, 2026
Birmingham, Alabama
Beyond Traditional Methods: Musical-Phonetic Intervention as a Promising Pathway to Reading Success for Neurodivergent Students
Join Dr. Henderson as she shares her dissertation research examining the effectiveness of a multimodal literacy intervention piloted with neurodivergent learners. Drawing from neuroscientific research, Dr. Henderson will present evidence-based strategies that hold promise in connecting neural hubs and producing stronger and more accurate phonetic recall when decoding.
Attendees will explore neuroscientific research into connections in musical and literacy processing and experience a translation of research to practice as they engage in a hands-on simulated lesson demonstrating the research-based methodology in action.
The presentation concludes with results from the original pilot study, demonstrating measurable improvements in literacy outcomes for participating students after only eight sessions.
Educational leaders, literacy specialists, and classroom teachers interested in collaborative research opportunities to replicate and expand this work are encouraged to connect with the presenter for potential partnership discussions.
World Literacy Summit
March 31- April 3, 2027
Oxford, United Kingdom
Beyond Traditional Methods: Musical-Phonetic Intervention as a Promising Pathway to Reading Success for Neurodivergent Students
This session presents the neuroscientific rationale and pilot results of the musical-phonetic method, an original multimodal approach that layers additional auditory cortex activation onto established structured literacy practices to strengthen phonetic-orthographic recall, particularly for neurodivergent struggling readers. Implications for classroom application are discussed, and participants leave with access to the published methodology guidance.
The World Literacy Summit brings researchers, policymakers, and educators from more than 85 countries to Oxford University with a single goal: accelerating the end of global illiteracy.
Every session is designed around one question: what does it take to give every person on earth the ability to read? The answers are different in Lagos than they are in London, and that's exactly why this gathering matters.
Since 2012, the Summit has produced the Oxford Declaration, a concrete framework for global coordination that delegates carry back to governments, schools, and communities worldwide.
The researchers, educators, and policymakers who can close the literacy gap are here.
Literacy in a Connected World
Past Events
Beyond Traditional Methods
Alabama Literacy Association Conference
December 2025