Graduate Certificate Dyslexia
Program Description
The Graduate Dyslexia Certificate provides students with the strategies and techniques necessary to effectively assess and plan instruction for students with dyslexia. This certificate will benefit individuals who wish to incorporate instructional strategies in the classroom or as a building dyslexia specialist. This dyslexia certificate course work covers the necessary components that the State of Texas outlines in The Dyslexia Handbook (2010). SHSU students who complete the course work for this certificate will gain competence in assessment and differential diagnosis, instruction in the components of phonological and graphophonemic knowledge, and instruction that is multisensory, explicit, sequential, and cumulative.
Admissions
Applicants seeking admission to the graduate Dyslexia certificate program in Education must submit the following directly to the Office of Graduate Admissions:
- Graduate Application
- Application fee
- Official transcript from the baccalaureate degree granting institution
- 2.8 GPA
- Online survey and interview on Survey Monkey
Certificate Requirements
Graduate Certificate Dyslexia
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Certificate Dyslexia | ||
| Specified Courses | ||
| READ 5306 | Survey Of Reading | 3 |
| READ 5307 | Prac-Lit Assmt/Instr Stratgy I | 3 |
| READ 5308 | Prac-Lit Assmt/Instr Strat II | 3 |
| SPED 6308 | Practicum & Mthd In Special Ed | 3 |
| SPED 6313 | Seminar-Learning/Learning Dis | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
