SPED 8250 LITERACY ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide graduate candidates skills and strategies for instructing students with high incidence disabilities, including dyslexia, that struggle to acquire literacy skills. Emphasis is placed on diagnosis and assessment of specific reading and writing difficulties to determine effective instructional strategies. Instructional strategies will address modifications directed at teaching oral language, reading, writing, and spelling skills.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Science degree program in special education or permission of the instructor. Not open to non-degree graduate students.