AZ Understanding Dyslexia Part B K-5 Literacy Endorsement
Meets the Part B of K-5 Literacy Endorsement requirement. For AZ educators only!
Welcome and thank you for your interest in this online course! Please note that this version of the "Understanding Dyslexia" course is customized to meet the requirements of the Arizona Department of Education's Part B K-5 Literacy Endorsement.
This course (6 hours) combined with the AZ Keys to Beginning Reading Part B K-5 Literacy Endorsement course (39 hours) meets the 45-hour Part B requirement.
In order to receive a Certificate of Completion that can be used as proof that you completed the requirements for Part B:
- You must complete both courses.
- Once you complete both courses, contact Keys to Literacy to let us know you would like a certificate of completion to use towards Part B of the K-5 Literacy Endorsement requirement. Contact details: [email protected] Phone: 978-948-8511
- We will check to be sure you completed all pages of both courses and then send you a certificate.
Please note that Keys to Literacy does not offer an asynchronous option for Part A of the AZ K-5 Literacy Endorsement requirement. You will need to find another vendor to take a course that meets Part A requirements. Click here to see the vendor list.
Below you will find information about the course, including a course syllabus and answers to frequently asked questions. We estimate that this course will take approximately 6 hours to complete.
Enjoy the course! Joan Sedita, Founder of Keys to Literacy
Description
There are many reasons why students struggle with reading and writing skills. For 10-15% of students the cause is dyslexia, a neurobiological learning disability that is characterized by difficulty with accurate or fluent word recognition and poor spelling. This course provides the background knowledge about dyslexia that all educators need in order to understand why students with dyslexia struggle with reading and how to support them.
This course is appropriate for all elementary educators, secondary educators who work with older students who still have difficulty with foundational skills, and parents who would like to know more about research-based, effective reading instruction for students with dyslexia.
In this course you will learn
- the definition of dyslexia and how it relates to other specific learning disabilities
- how the brain learns to read
- the five components of reading and how dyslexia affects the ability to learn reading skills
- recommendations for early screening for dyslexia
- the importance of a structured literacy approach to teaching students with dyslexia
- research-based suggestions for using a structured and explicit approach to teach foundational skills including sounds, sound-symbol correspondences, syllables, and morphemes
Asynchronous
The course is asynchronous, which means you can log on and off multiple times to complete the course assignments at your own pace. If you are taking the FACILITATED version of this course, you will participate in a one-hour virtual session with a Keys to Literacy trainer mid-way through the course, and another at the end of the course.
Partner with Other Educators
This course has been designed to be used by individual educators to increase their understanding of dyslexia. However, it can also be used within peer learning communities or by an entire staff to provide a shared professional development experience. The course includes activities that can be completed and shared among peers taking the course at the same time.
About Keys to Literacy
Keys to Literacy is a professional development and consulting company specializing in literacy instruction. Our training programs are built upon the most current literacy research and best instructional practices that are tightly aligned with Common Core and other state standards. Our instructional practices are relevant for general educators as Tier I core instruction for all students, and to special educators as Tier II or Tier III support instruction.Click here to visit the Keys to Literacy website to learn more about our work.
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Course Curriculum
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Start1.1 Dyslexia: One Type of Disability (2:27)
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Start1.2 Learning Disabilities
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Start1.3 Dyslexia Overview (8:03)
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Start1.4 Dyslexia Prevalence and Misconceptions
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Start1.5 Dyslexia Legislation
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Start1.6 Dyslexia and Phonological Processing, Rapid Automatic Naming (2:24)
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Start1.7 Signs of Dyslexia
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Start1.8 Reflection Activity
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Start1.9 Quiz