eLearning Series: Assessing, Preventing and Overcoming Reading Difficulties (Colorado Department of Education)
Description:
This on-demand eLearning series Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties was developed by David Kilpatrick, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Specific Learning Disability Specialist in the Exceptional Student Services Unit of the Colorado Department of Education.The 13 modules provide a practical and accessible guide to the most relevant research, information, and strategies available for understanding, assessing, and intervening with students who present with reading difficulties. These are appropriate for all educators, reading specialists, and school psychologists.
- Module 0: Introduction to the Course
- Module 1: Reading Research and the Research to Practice Gap
- Module 2: Current Approaches to Reading Instruction: Why Many Learners Still Struggle
- Module 3: The Simple View of Reading
- Module 4: Word-Level Reading
- Module 5: Reading Comprehension
- Module 6: Introduction to Reading Assessment; Assessing Phonological Skills
- Module 7: Assessing Phonics Skills
- Module 8: Assessing Word Identification and Reading Fluency
- Module 9: Assessing Reading Comprehension and Related Skills
- Module 10: Effective Approaches for Preventing Reading Difficulties
- Module 11: Effective Interventions for Reading Difficulties
- Module 12: Case Examples of Reading Disabilities
- Module 13: Specific Learning Disability Identification
- Wrap Up