SPED 3332 Teaching Writing for Students with Disabilities

This course targets evidence-based practices for teaching writing skills to students with disabilities. Specifically, candidates will learn research-validated techniques for teaching handwriting, keyboarding, spelling, and multi-sentence written compositions.

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Athens: Spring, Demorest: Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Recognize factors that contribute to difficulties with written expression.
2. Describe the components of written expression and their roles in instruction.
3. Explain how motivation impacts written expression and its implication for instruction.
4. Identify research-based instructional techniques for teaching writing skills to students with disabilities.
5. Assess written expression for diagnostics, program planning, and progress monitoring.