Dyslexia Endorsement

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Dyslexia Endorsement

Students obtaining an Elementary Education Degree or a Middle Grades Degree with a reading concentration may earn a reading endorsement and a dyslexia endorsement.

Reinhardt University's Dyslexia Endorsement can prepare individuals to recognize the characteristics of dyslexia and support students with dyslexia in the field and at the grade levels of their base certification based on standards outlined in Rule 505-3-.112. This endorsement is made up of three undergraduate courses delivered in a face-to-face meetings and three graduate/MAT online coursework.

Foundations of Literacy Acquisition

Embedded in RU courses: EDU 344, EDU 329, EDU 530, EDU 520

Dyslexia is neurobiological in origin - Poster

Foundations of Literacy Acquisition is designed to enable candidates to understand the five language processing requirements of proficient reading and writing: phonological, orthographic, semantic, syntactic, and discourse. Additionally, candidates can increase their understanding of the reciprocal relationships among phonemic awareness, decoding, word recognition, spelling, and vocabulary knowledge. Candidates will  explore the characteristics of a student with dyslexia. This course includes a 10-hour field experience.

Delivery: Hybrid (Combination of Face-to-Face and Online Coursework)- 60 Contact Hours
Textbook: Shaywitz, S., and Shaywitz, J. (2020). Overcoming Dyslexia (2nd ed.). New York, Alfred A. Knopf.

Assessments and Structured Literacy Instruction

Embedded in RU courses: EDU 355, EDU 535, EDU 329, EDU 520

Assessments and Structured Literacy Instruction is designed to enable candidates to practice, apply, and implement assessments; to include screening, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and outcome assessments. The course will focus on knowing and utilizing structured literacy practices which include explicit, systematic, cumulative, and teacher-directed principles and practices.

During Course 2, candidates will provide rationales and adaptations in instruction to accommodate for individual differences in cognitive, linguistic, sociocultural, and behavioral aspects of learning to include multimodal and multisensory language learning techniques. The course requires a case study where candidates will practice, apply, and implement assessments and instruction to address the five language processing requirements previously covered in Course 1.

This course includes a 20-hour practicum.

Textbook: Shaywitz, S., and Shaywitz, J. {2020). Overcoming Dyslexia {2nd ed.). New York, Alfred A. Knopf.

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Contact

Tami Smith, Interim Dean, Class of '81
Price School of Education
Dual Enrollment Advisor
Office:  Paul Jones 101
Office Phone: 770-720-5659