Special Reading Add-On (Grades K-12) Certification

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§
PSYC 343 - Adolescent Psychology§
EDPS 453/553 - The Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three
EDSP 463/563 - Individual Diagnostic and Classroom Assessment

Total: 9-12 Hours

Special Reading Content Knowledge for Teaching

EDSP 413/513 - Language Development and Disorders of the Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three
OR
ECED 413/513 - Language Acquisition of the Young Child Semester Hours: Three
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three
ECSP 423/523 - Family Engagement and Partnership Semester Hours: Three
OR
EDRD 443/543 - Analysis and Correction of Reading Disabilities: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three *

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 501/502/503 - Specialized Topics in Literacy Instruction Semester Hours: Variable *
EDET 573 - Methods of Using Technology to Enhance Literacy Semester Hours: Three *

Total: 21 Hours

*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]

Culminating Clinical Experiences

EDRD 573 - Advanced Elementary Reading Disorders Practicum Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 583 - Advanced Secondary Reading Disorders Practicum Semester Hours: Three

Total: 6 Hours

Graduate Only

Note

§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

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