EDRD 697: Practicum: Diagnosis & Intervention in Literacy
Prerequisites: EDRD 688: EDRD 695; EDRD 641; EDSP 669, EDRD 692
Credit Hours: (6) Six hours Practicum/Clinical
Candidates in EDRD 697 will be placed with two children in a public school or clinical setting and will plan and implement an overall intervention program based on diagnosis with emphasis on the individual needs of each student.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
Candidates will meet for six weeks for a total of 180 hours, which includes 135 clinical hours of direct support work with children. 45 hours are spent writing case studies, planning, and meetings with University supervisors. Candidates work with two children, individually, for one and one‑half hours daily. Some group work and course seminars will be held for specific objectives. Candidates conduct an assessment of each child which consists of interviews and a battery of tests. Based on the diagnosis, candidates will develop and implement an overall program of remediation. In addition to the ongoing dialogue with parents during the six weeks, candidates conduct a final conference with the parents. Parents are provided with two copies of the report so they may share the report with the appropriate school personnel.
Assessments Administered (*Mandatory):
· Informal Reading Inventory*
· Child Interview/Interest Inventory*
· Multiple Running Records/Miscue Analyses*
· Parent Interview*
· Writing Sample Assessments*
· Early Literacy Assessments/Concepts of Print
· Durrell Analysis of Reading Difficulty (selected subtests)
· Slosson Intelligence Test-R
· Yopp-Singer Phonemic Awareness Test
· Cunningham Names Test
· Auditory Discrimination Test
· CLOZE Evaluations
· PALS Assessment
· Word Study/Spelling Inventory
· Vision/Hearing Screening
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
Class sessions for this course are designed in a practicum format that include both clinic hours and group seminars. Clinic hours are enumerated below.
EDRD 697 Clinical Practicum Requirements:
Goals and Objectives of the Course
Goals, objectives, and assignments in this class address NCATE Standard 1.c, 1.d.
Goals, objectives, and assignments in this class address International Reading Association Standards for Reading Professionals (IRA) and Virginia Department of Education Standards for Reading Specialists (VRS) as identified below.
The graduate candidate shall:
(VRS 1.a; IRA 1.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3)
Assessment Measures
EDRD 697 assessments include but are not limited to:
Other Course Information
*Grade Change
Previous Course grade scale: Pass/Fail
New Course grade scale: A-F
Review and Approval
February 1983, New Course
December 2008 Reviewed Don Langrehr