2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CSI 575 - English Language Arts: The Reading/Writing Connection for Early Childhood Students with Disabilities


This course will focus on the creation of developmentally appropriate activities that are theory based for Infants/Toddlers and early childhood children with diverse learning needs. The course connects with early childhood curriculum as well as the New York State Learning Standards. The course will offer fieldwork opportunities for students where they can implement meaningful hands-on experience and apply theory to practice. The course will include a survey of Literacy approaches used with students with special needs. A review of various levels of age appropriate storybooks and how to use these books with Infants/Toddlers will provide a framework for developmentally appropriate literacy practices.

4 credits. Fall.
This course requires five hours of fieldwork.