RDS 527 - Wilson Reading System Steps 4-6

Credits: 3
Prerequisites RDS-526
This online course presents in detail the multisensory structured language (MSL) instruction that is required for teaching students beyond grade two with significant word-level deficits who are unresponsive to previous instruction. The Wilson Reading System (WRS) Intensive Instruction
for the Non-responsive Reader: (Steps 1-6) online course provides practical application of reading research, with particular emphasis on phonological awareness, phonics, and spelling at the beginning levels of decoding and encoding. It also provides specific procedures to teach the
concepts presented in Steps 1-6 of the Wilson Reading System, including instruction on the following syllable types: closed, vowel-consonant-e, open, and final stable. The course includes additional topics on diagnostic teaching and differentiating instruction, program pacing, high
frequency word instruction, vocabulary instruction, fluency instruction, dyslexia, listening and reading comprehension strategies, use of differentiated texts, and handwriting.