Language and Literature for Students with Disabilities, 7-12

Catalog description

This course focuses on current approaches to assessing and promoting reading comprehension and critical reading and writing skills of grade 7-12 students with disabilities. Course topics include enhancement of oral and written communication skills; acquisition of literacy strategies that make text materials comprehensible and promote reading comprehension; tapping into motivational factors in literacy development during the grade 7-12 school years; acquisition of strategies for lifelong learning, and approaches to work with English language learners with disabilities.