CPS 8665 - Intervention Strategies for Diverse Learners

3 Credit Hours
Requirements: A minimum grade of “C” is required for this course.

Description
This course provides students with advanced knowledge of current conceptions of prevention and intervention strategies for children with learning difficulties and disabilities. Students explore current research on the characteristics, etiology, and development of learning difficulties and disabilities with particular emphasis on literacy. Further, students gain substantive practical experience in (a) how to assess a child’s current level of literacy development, (b) how to link these data to specific prevention and intervention strategies, and (c) how to design, implement, and evaluate prevention and intervention efforts.