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SPED 521 - Teaching Reading in the Content Areas to Students with Special Needs

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: SPED 510 with a minimum grade of “B” or consent of graduate program coordinator
This course provides the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required to enable special needs students in grades 5-12 to read, write, learn and think with all forms of text across various content areas. Specifically, this course focuses on learning content with new literacies; planning instruction for content literacy; guiding reading comprehension; developing vocabulary and concepts; writing across the curriculum; developing study strategies; and engaging in culturally responsive teaching across all content areas in diverse classrooms. Offered fall, spring, and summer.