EDRD 8365:Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the M.Ed. program in Inclusive Education or ESOL Ed.D. program.
This course focuses upon dyslexia and other forms of reading disorders, emphasizing issues related to early acquisition of reading skills and comprehension. Specific issues include (but are not restricted to) principles of language learning, phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, fluency, comprehension, and instructional strategies for comprehension and vocabulary for practical applications. Distributed school leadership (DSL) will be embedded in the course to give candidates an opportunity to recognize their potential for teacher leadership, particularly as it relates to the learning and development, curriculum, assessment and instruction reform.