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A study of contemporary research literature in communicative disorders.
Readings and discussions will emphasize current research in language.
May be repeated for a maximum of six hours. Prereq: 6 hours
of graduate level CODI course work or permission of the instructor.
Dr. Damico's Course Description on the Syllabus
With the recent (and long needed) focus on language for academic and
literacy purposes in both ASHA and the schools, speech-language pathologists
must have an ability to understand the dynamics of language for various
learning purposes and to appreciate the complexity of literacy. In
CODI 526 you began learning about the meaning-based systems; in this course
more information – focusing specifically on literacy – will be provided.
Utilizing a blended perspective combining real world practicality with
a semiotic/holistic theoretical perspective and its implications, this
course will focus on how language is used primarily to create the two literacy
manifestations of reading and writing. The material is divided into
several primary sections: a foundation section that involves the underlying
conceptions of meaning-making and the place of literacy as a manifestation
of this meaning-making, and discussions on the resulting the processes
and implications of literacy as meaning making; a development section that
will focus on the naturalistic and emerging development of reading, writing,
and spelling; and a practice/applications section that discusses how to
assess literacy and how to effectively facilitate the acquisition and use
of literacy. This will include how to choose materials, how to design
a context conducive to literacy development, how to empower students who
have experienced failure with literacy, how to facilitate in both the classroom
and in individual settings (e.g., therapy rooms), and how to consult with
teachers in language arts contexts.
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Taking a blended perspective combining real world practicality with
an anthropological/ descriptive perspective and its implications, this
course will focus on the on the assessment and intervention of language
difficulties of all kinds in students from multicultural backgrounds. In
addition to realistic and sensible over-views of the problems faced by
these students, we will discuss diversity issues on the basis of operational
mechanisms and how these mechanisms manifest themselves in individual students.
The course is intended to prepare you to do effective and innovative work
with students from diverse populations.
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