Teacher candidates who complete this clinical course develop a comprehensive awareness of theories, programs, and effective practices for students with learning disabilities. These practices will focus on prevention and remediation of difficulties in reading, math, writing, social skills, and study skills. This is the culminating teaching experience for the LD endorsement, and requires completion of the Teacher Candidate Assessment of Performance (TCAP).

In this clinical course, students examine, implement and evaluate both traditional and contemporary means of assessing reading/writing strengths and needs, as well as research-based developmental and corrective instruction for struggling readers and writers, kindergarten through grade 12.

In this clinical course, students examine, develop, implement and evaluate a variety of strategies to teach reading and writing in content areas. Additionally, they examine the critical role that all teachers play in developing literacy and thinking.

This clinical course provides preparation for teaching literacy and critical thinking in the middle and secondary grades. The focus is on planning, selecting, and using research -based strategies for reading and writing instruction, assessment, and evaluation of student study skills also are emphasized. This will include application of a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate a variety of texts. Strategies for teaching linguistically and culturally diverse students will be explored. In addition, state and national standards in reading and language arts will be used to construct units and lessons.