Special Reading Certification

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CIP Code: 13.1315

NOTE: The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requires that candidates seeking this endorsement hold a valid Missouri permanent or professional certificate of license to teach and have at least two (2) years of classroom teaching experience.

Beginning August 1, 2017, candidates must be recommended for certification in Special Reading K-12 by an educator preparation program. A content area assessment is under consideration for development and may be required for certification in the future.

Professional Requirements

PSYC 333 - Child Psychology Semester Hours: Three §
PSYC 343 - Adolescent Psychology Semester Hours: Three §
EDPS 453/553 - the Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDSP 463/563 - Individual Diagnostics and Classroom Assessment Semester Hours: Three ¹

Total: 9-12 Hours

Special Reading Content Knowledge for Teaching

Minimum of 12 semester hours from the following, one of which must be Analysis and Correction of Reading Disabilities, with at least two courses at the graduate level [candidates may not repeat courses taken at the 400-level (or their equivalents) at the 500-level]

EDSP 413/513 - Language Development and Disorders of the Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three ¹
OR
ECED 413/513 - Language Acquisition of the Young Child Semester Hours: Three ¹
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three ¹
ECSP 423/523 - Family Engagement and Partnership: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
OR
HUED 433/533 - Theories and Techniques of Counseling Students and Their Families Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDRD 443/543 - Analysis and Correction of Reading Disabilities Semester Hours: Three ¹

Plus nine (9) hours from the following

EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 433/533 - Foundations of Literacy Instruction for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 501-503 - Specialized Topics in Literacy Instruction
EDET 573 - Technology to Enhance Literacy
LIBR 563 - Library Services for Children and Youth

Total: 21 Hours

Culminating Clinical Experiences

Graduate Only Courses

EDRD 573 - Advanced Elementary Reading Disorders Practicum
EDRD 583 - Advanced Secondary Reading DisordersPracticum

Total: 6 Hours

Note(s):

§May be met with a three semester hour combined course in Child and Adolescent Psychology such as PSYC 313 Human Growth and Development OR PSYC 553 Advanced Human Development

¹See the catalog section on Senior Permission for information on earning graduate credit for this course.

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