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Assessment of Reading and Language Disabilities

Fall 2025 > Education > EDUC.5280 > 031

Course No: EDUC.5280-031; SIS Class Nbr: 7532; SIS Term: 3510
Course Status: Open

Course Description

This course examines the selection and use of procedures to make an adequate clinical and educational diagnosis. Includes the assessment of function and dysfunction in factors associated with language development; receptive, expressive, writing, reading; and the administration and interpretation of individual and group tests of perceptual, motor, and conceptual functioning in reading and language.

Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor

  • Prerequisites: Students with a CSCE career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.
  • Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
  • Instructor: Elizabeth Bifuh
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When Offered & Tuition

  • Online Course
  • 2025 Fall: Sep 03 to Dec 20
  • Course Level: Graduate
  • Tuition: $1410
  • Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.

Related Programs: Graduate Certificate in Evaluation & Assessment, Ed.S. in Language Arts and Literacy, Ed.S. in Language Arts and Literacy, M.Ed. in Language Arts and Literacy, M.Ed. in Language Arts and Literacy

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