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SPED 8690  DYSLEXIA: STRUCTURED LITERACY INSTRUCTION (3 credits)

This course is designed to address the principles and components of evidence-based literacy interventions for students with dyslexia. This will include the stages of literacy development, the characteristics and challenges of PK-12 students as they develop literacy skills, effective interventions in specific components of literacy, principles of structured literacy, direct instruction, and multisensory instruction, and the issues involved in designing comprehensive literacy interventions and programs for students with dyslexia.

Prerequisite(s): Admittance to Dyslexia certificate program/cohort OR Admittance to Special Education graduate program AND SPED 8260, SPED 8360 & SPED 8660. Not open to non-degree graduate students.