EDU 4440 LITERACY SPECIAL EDUCATION METHODS
Teacher candidates will learn how to use High Leverage Practices (HLP) in Special Education in the context of explicit, systematic, and intensive reading instruction for students with reading difficulties who receive services in a Resource Room or inclusive general education setting. EDU 4040 must be taken concurrently with this course.
Corequisite
EDU 4040 and Admission to the Teacher Education Program
Course Outcomes
- Students will learn how to:
- prevent reading difficulties
- use research to determine effective reading instruction for students with disabilities
- plan and carry out explicit, systematic, and intensive reading instruction for students with learning difficulties
- conduct informal assessment of reading skills in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
- write goals and objectives for reading skills based on data
- monitor reading progress
- support transfer of reading skills to the general education classroom and other environments
- develop partnerships with families to support reading growth