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Learning Disabilities (SM)

Certification/Endorsement Code: SM
Michigan Subject Areas Test Code: 63
AQ Program Contact Person: Kelli Esteves, Ed.D.

Department: School of Education

Programs: K-12 - Major

 
This endorsement is also available at the graduate level for certified teachers either alone or as part of the M.A.T. degree program. See the M.A.T. Learning Disabilities Endorsement page for more information.
 
LD Major Required Courses (36 hours)

EN 461 Inclusion I (3 credit hours)

EN 465 Inclusion II; Prereq: EN 461 (3 credit hours)

EN 464 Learning Disabilities: Theory to Practice; Prereq: EN 461 (3 credit hours)

EN 470 Special Education Assessment; Prereq: EN 461 (3 credit hours)

EN 462 Special Education Curriculum and Methods; Prereq: EN 470 (3 credit hours)

EN 322 Emergent Literacy (3 credit hours)

EN 442 Literacy II; Prereq: EN 444 (3 credit hours)

EN 441 Literacy Assessment and Intervention; Prereq: EN 442 (3 credit hours)

EN 443 Literacy for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learner; Prereq: EN 442 (3 credit hours)

EN 455 Adolescent Literacy; Prereq: EN 442  (3 credit hours)

EN 466 Classroom Management (3 credit hours)

EN 490 Learning Disabilities Practicum and Seminar; Prereq: EN 464 (3 credit hours); Pre- or Coreqs: EN 462 (3 credit hours) and EN 470 (3 credit hours)

Note: EN 444, a prerequisite to EN 442 (which must be taken before EN 440, EN 441, EN 443,
and EN 455), must also be taken to fulfill elementary certification program requirements.
 

Electives:

EN 330  Educational Technology & Curriculum Integration

EN 331  Advanced Instructional Technology

EN 332  Ed Tech/MS Office in Classroom

EN 333  Ed Tech/Digital Multimedia

EN 400  Teaching Writing

EN 440  Advanced Techniques in Teaching Reading

EN 454 Content Area Literacy (elementary candidates only)

EN 460  Teaching Creative Writing

MS 260  Math for Elem & M.S. 1 (elective for secondary candidates only)

MS 261  Math for Elem & M.S. 2 (elective for secondary candidates only)

MS 271  Math Methods for Elem & M.S. (elective for secondary candidates only)

 
 
 
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