SPED 8918 - Reading and Writing: Methods for Secondary Students with Moderate Disabilities (5-12)

3 cr.

This course addresses the components of reading plus written language and spelling and difficulties associated with each area as they impact adolescent students with reading/learning disabilities in the secondary curriculum. The course focuses on the literacy requirements in content area learning (common text structures, vocabulary, comprehension, summarizing, and study skills) and direct instructional procedures. It also addresses document literacy, technological literacy and quantitative literacy. Further, the course explains the reading/writing connection and the processes that impact on the understanding and production of written text. Written expression is explored at the sentence and text level and also addressed are the constraints that can impact an adolescent with learning disabilities in connecting ideas to written text. Interventions, which combine the process writing theory with an emphasis on text structure and cognitive writing strategies, are analyzed. Candidates develop well-structured lessons with measurable outcomes as well as learn strategies to create an environment which respect diversity, differences, and strengths.

Prerequisite(s): SPED 7024 , SPED 8300 Corequisite(s): Take concurrently with SPED 8917 .