EDP 401 - Essentials of Reading Instruction and Intervention

Credits: 3

Lecture: 3

Deepens teacher candidates’ knowledge and skills in the foundations of science-based reading instruction. Provides content related to screening students for indicators of dyslexia based on phonological and phonemic awareness, rapid naming skills, correspondence between sounds and letters, nonsense word fluency, and sound symbol recognition. Broadens student knowledge to include reading assessment, differentiated instructional practices, and specific interventions to improve student reading proficiency, including students with reading deficiencies and characteristics of dyslexia.

Prerequisite: EDP 301
Concurrent Requisite: EDU 391 or ECD 390