Graduate Certificate in Dyslexia
The fully online Graduate Certificate in Dyslexia 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 dyslexia interventionists. This dyslexia certificate coursework covers the necessary components that the State of Texas outlines in The Dyslexia Handbook (2024). SHSU students who complete the course work for this certificate will gain competence in assessment and differential screening, instruction in the components of phonological and graphophonemic knowledge, and instruction that is multisensory, explicit, sequential, and cumulative. This certificate is not a licensing or national certification program but rather focuses on the classroom practitioner and/or interventionist. Fifty (50) field experience/practicum hours are embedded in the coursework.
The coursework for this certificate can apply toward the Master of Education in Reading/Language Arts degree concurrently and/or post-completion. Information on that program can be found at MEd in Literacy Instruction.
Additional information: Reference the Program Landing Page for additional information, such as cost, delivery format, contact information, or to schedule a visit.
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 transcripts from Bachelor's and Master's degrees
- Minimum GPA of a 3.0, either overall or in the last 60 credit hours
- If you are interested in the program but have less than a 3.0 GPA, contact the program coordinator.
University Application Deadlines
Fall: August 15th
Summer: May 15th
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Certificate Dyslexia | ||
| Specified Courses | ||
| READ 5304 | Multisensory Language Learning 1 | 3 |
| READ 5306 | Survey Of Reading | 3 |
| READ 5307 | Literacy Assessment & Instructional Strategies Practicum I (with elementary populations) 2 | 3 |
| READ 5335 | Cognition & Emergent Literacy | 3 |
| READ 6088 | Special Topics in Reading (Diagnosis and Correction of Literacy Learning Difficulties ) 1 | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
- 1
Includes 10 hours of field experience.
- 2
Includes 30-40 hours of field experience.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) marketable skills initiative is part of the state’s 60x30TX plan and was designed to help students articulate their skills to employers. Marketable skills are those skills valued by employers and/or graduate programs that can be applied in a variety of work or education settings and may include interpersonal, cognitive, and applied skill areas.
The Graduate Certificate in Dyslexia is designed to provide graduates with the following marketable skills:
- Learn appropriate learning activities and assessments for students
- Diagnostic skills for assessing students
- Learn structured literacy planning and teaching
