Reading Instruction for Special Education (RISE): Grades 4-12

Post-Baccalaureate Credit Certificate Program

Charles Hughes
227 Cedar Building
University Park, PA 16802
Telephone: 814-863-1699
Fax: 814-863-1002
E-mail: cah14@psu.edu

The primary goad of the program is to assist educators with their efforts to teach students with special needs to read using research supported methods. The focus will be on working with older students in grades 4-12. Content of these courses will provide a balanced mix of theory, research, and practical application in the areas of decoding, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and reading in the content areas as well as spelling and written expression. Candidates in this program will be required to take four, three-credit courses via distance and continuing education.

Admission Requirements

An applicant must have received, from an accredited institution, a baccalaureate degree.

Required Courses

SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPLED)
498D. Teaching and Assessing Reading Skills (3)
498E. Specialized Applications in Special Education (3)
498F. Fundamentals of Reading Instruction (3)

Graduate courses carry numbers from 500 to 599. Advanced undergraduate courses numbered between 400 and 499 may be used to meet some graduate degree requirements when taken by graduate students. Courses below the 400 level may not. A graduate student may register for or audit these courses in order to make up deficiencies or to fill in gaps in previous education but not to meet requirements for an advanced degree.

SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPLED) course list

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Last Revised by the Department: Fall Semester 2007

Blue Sheet Item #: 35-07-549

Review Date: 6/12/07