*H-860 Reading Difficulties
Jennifer Marie Thomson
This interdisciplinary course explores the research on reading and why certain individuals struggle with learning to read and write. The course will cover the cognitive, linguistic and perceptual, and neurological underpinnings of reading and reading disabilities. A focus is on the etiology of reading disabilities and the contribution of factors such as cultural differences, linguistic variation and disability, variation in neurological functioning, and what school can do. This is a required course for master's students in the Language and Literacy Program for licensure. Permission of the instructor is required.
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Prerequisite: A background in language and reading development.