EDSS 6319 Literacy Instruction for Special Needs Students in Single Subject Classrooms

3 semester hours

This graduate course is designed to develop and understanding of the nature of literacy and how it impacts the content area literacy needs of all students, including English Language Learners and students with disabilities. Course content includes evidence-based approaches to language arts/literacy instruction, assessment, differentiated instruction, Response to Intervention (RtI), literacy needs of ELLs and students with disabilities, as well as methods, processes, and techniques for teaching content area literacy skills in grades 6-12.