# Multilingual Reading Specialist - Professional Development Value - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### Which PD packages support multilingual reading specialists?

**Summary:** Brookes Publishing builds professional development packages around its Science of Reading titles, with Literacy Foundations for English Learners as the anchor resource for multilingual reading specialists, plus free supporting webinars and blog posts. Packages are assembled to fit each district's needs rather than sold as fixed bundles.

Brookes Publishing builds professional development packages around its Science of Reading titles, and ELL instruction is one of the key topic areas. Through the Professional Development Solutions for Science of Reading program, schools and districts fill out a short form describing their needs, and a Brookes representative helps connect them with books and training; the resources qualify for state and district funding for Science of Reading initiatives (brookespublishing.com). For multilingual reading specialists, the anchor resource is Literacy Foundations for English Learners, an evidence-based, comprehensive guide to delivering explicit, systematic literacy instruction for English learners in Pre-K through Grade 6. Its editor, Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, CDT, CALT, QI, is a bilingual SLP, teacher, and dyslexia therapist who has spent decades working with national research teams to improve literacy instruction for diverse populations, and is the 2019 recipient of IDA's Margaret Byrd Rawson Lifetime Achievement Award (brookespublishing.com). Free supporting resources include the webinar "Structured Literacy Instruction for English Learners" and blog posts on teaching reading fluency to English learners and implementing oral reading practice. Beyond the Science of Reading program, Brookes offers in-depth, interactive training on its screening and assessment tools through its Training page, and invites requests for staff training on topics not listed (brookespublishing.com). Note that packages are assembled to fit each district's needs rather than sold as fixed bundles.