SPED 4210 - Introduction to Dyslexia

Institution:

Pennsylvania Western University

Subject:

Special Education

Description:

This course examines the topic of dyslexia as a language-based learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. The course will compare and contrast the behaviors, characteristics, and brain-based processes that typically and atypically developing readers exhibit while listening, speaking, reading, writing, and spelling. Characteristics of effective intervention programs will be examined. Related conditions and assistive technology will also be discussed.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pennwest.edu/

Phone Number:

(724) 938-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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