READING INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS

The purpose of this graduate level course is to prepare Masters Degree candidates to understand how processing differences effect reading, and how to provide the explicit, systematic instruction needed by students with high-incidence exceptionalities. The course will provide research-based recommendations for both instruction in the five essential skill areas of reading and measures to assess and monitor students’ progress. Participants will also learn how to evaluate instructional effectiveness and adapt instruction, differentiate instruction for diverse groups of students, and provide differentiated instruction through a Response to Intervention and Instruction (RTII) model. Practice opportunities will be provided for application of course concepts. The course will maintain a strong emphasis on helping participants to establish best practices for effective reading instruction for students with exceptionalities.