309297 (v.1) Ed 466 - Diagnosis and Intervention for Children with Reading and Writing Difficulties in Mainstream Classes

Area:

Department of Education

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

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Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Provides opportunities for students to develop primary literacy intervention programs based on the understanding that all children should have equal access to effective literacy skills. The syllabus includes the investigation of successful literacy interventions that depend on a number of factors including the accurate identification of children's reading and writing difficulties, the recognition of the importance of developing sound home school relationships, the implementation of whole school planning to ensure there is continuity of instruction and the establishment of a supportive learning community in the classroom. The development and the implementation of a range of diagnostic assessments and intervention strategies in the mainstream classroom areexplored. There will be a particular focus on developing understandings about the complex interaction of linguistic, social, cultural, cognitive, behavioural and physical differences in the acquisition of written and spoken language and literacy and the development practices that can be adapted to meet the needs of individual students who are not demonstrating successful literacy development in mainstream primary classrooms.

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Field of Education:

070103 Teacher Education: Primary

Funding Cluster:

11 - Education

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External