Diagnostic Procedures in Reading I

Catalog description

This course promotes understanding of the place and meaning of ongoing diagnosis in classroom, specialist, and clinical settings. Students learn to assess factors that contribute to reading difficulties and to understand the concept of multiple causality. Students gain knowledge of and practical experience with observation, diagnostic teaching, and diagnostic instruments (both formal and informal) that represent a variety of theoretical perspectives. Students apply this knowledge by conducting a diagnostic evaluation of a child and preparing a Diagnostic portfolio in which they include formal and informal evaluative data. Students also determine a preliminary instructional plan and/or appropriate referral to other agencies. Prerequisites: LTED637 Nature of Reading; or LTED641 Reading and the School Curriculum; or full-time LTED graduate status; or consent of the chairperson.