Assessment, Diagnosis and Remediation for Students with Disabilities, Grades 7-12

Catalog description

This course focuses on developmental and cultural contexts for understanding and remediating symptoms and causes of reading disabilities of grade 7-12 students with disabilities. Course topics include diagnostic instruments and approaches to assessment of reading disabilities of adolescents; programs, materials, and methods for encouraging engagement with literature, including through writing, and for instruction of grade 7-12 students with reading disabilities; use of high interest reading material appropriate for adolescents with reading disabilities; and one-on-one work with a grade 7-12 student with reading disabilities, including completion of a comprehensive case study based on that work.