+Reading Challenges 2: Structured Literacy (SWD) (577)

Apply knowledge learned in Reading Challenges 1 in your own classrooms. Use relevant assessment data to design and implement explicit, systematic and sequential reading instruction including multisensory intervention strategies that are based on student needs in each of the reading components.

This course addresses Florida's professional learning requirements for Students with Disabilities (SWD) and partially meets the reading instruction requirement for certain certificate renewals. Check with your district before taking this to meet the reading requirement.

• Recognize the characteristics of dyslexia.
• Develop explicit, systematic, and sequential reading instruction.
• Understand how word-level reading and language comprehension impact reading comprehension.
• Recognize the characteristics of Structured Literacy instruction.
• Recognize the word-reading (decoding) elements of Structured Literacy instruction including phonology, sound-symbol associations, and syllable structures.
• Develop explicit, systematic, and sequential reading instruction to meet the needs of struggling readers.
• Implement multisensory intervention strategies to support reading development.
• Recognize the language comprehension elements of Structured Literacy instruction – morphology, semantics, and syntax.
• Utilize assessment data to design appropriate intervention for struggling readers.