Overview

This course will help you better understand students diagnosed with dyslexia. You will learn about common skill weaknesses and symptoms associated with dyslexia, along with practical strategies and ideas to incorporate into your classroom to ensure all students succeed. The course includes a printable guide offering easy-to-implement suggestions to create a nurturing and supportive learning environment for students with dyslexia. Through videos, articles, studies, and other resources, you will deepen your understanding of this topic. Additionally, you will design a comprehensive classroom implementation plan and create an original resource to support your teaching practice.

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At a Glance

Extended Education
Approximately 15 hours
Access Time: 365 days
1 PDU
Graduate Level Professional Development Credit
$210
No additional materials required

Program Benefits

Online education

100% Online

All coursework delivered fully online, so you can balance work, life, and study.

Standards

Graduate-Level PD Credits

Earn graduate-level professional development credits to support salary advancement and professional growth. Check with your school or district for approval before enrolling.

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Course Objectives

  • Define dyslexia and learn about each type
  • Evaluate the signs and symptoms of dyslexia
  • Critique, analyze, and summarize specific articles, resources, and studies on the needs of students with dyslexia
  • Plan and build a Classroom Implementation Plan for immediate classroom use focused on improving student support in the classroom through strategies and interventions.
  • Build and describe the use of a resource aligned with the classroom implementation plan that is critical for supporting students with dyslexia.

Course Topics

  • The video and article will explain what dyslexia is and how it is typically diagnosed by healthcare professionals. It will review some symptoms and signs of how dyslexia may manifest in the learning environment, then present some simple strategies for teachers to support these students alongside their regular accommodations.
  • Completion of the content video, article reading (PDF format), and Model Teaching resource analysis and review.

  • Answer questions related to dyslexia.
  • Questions to check for understanding of the course content. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.

  • The reflection requires you to plan for use of the “try this task”: Plan for some strategies that can be integrated into a future lesson or classroom to help support your students with dyslexia.
  • Reflect on the video lesson and article content and consider the “try this task,” then build a response for how you plan on utilizing the concepts in the course so far. Considerations and criteria for crafting your response are provided in the course module.

  • Reading and Content Summaries. You will read articles, watch videos, and review studies focused on dyslexia, support and intervention strategies for students with dyslexia, and student behaviors to notice.
  • Watch all provided videos and read all provided articles, reports, and case studies. Then, choose three articles and write a summary and critical response for each chosen piece of content. Considerations and criteria for crafting your response are provided in the course module. A Content Summaries Template will be provided to you, and you will upload your completed template. You will receive instructor feedback on your submission.

  • You will design a classroom resource aimed at supporting course concepts.
  • Create your own resource that will help you implement the concepts from this course. A resource design planning template will be provided to guide you in creating your resource, but you will upload your own original resource that supports the implementation of course concepts in the classroom. You will receive instructor feedback on your submission.

  • You will design a plan to implement your knowledge of supporting students with dyslexia.
  • Build a thorough implementation plan that you can use to implement the ideas from this course into your classroom, including key action items and dates, resource design, and planning requirements. A Classroom Implementation Planning Template will be provided to help you plan the critical components to consider for implementation and to aid you in your final response which will also include a reflection and summary of the ideas in the course. You will upload your completed template and provide an additional reflection response. You will receive instructor feedback on your submission.

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Program Partner

This course is offered through University of Massachusetts Global’s School of Extended Education in partnership with Model Teaching.

What are Graduate-level Professional Development Credits?

Graduate-level professional development credits are not part of a degree program but instead are primarily used for professional advancement such as salary increment steps and recertification. Students should seek approval from appropriate district officials before enrolling in these courses.

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