ELY 630: Literacy For The Exceptional Child 3 credits This course is designed to give teachers an introduction to individualized programs for the exceptional child. Students will learn about reading assessment and evaluation with the goal of designing individualized literacy instructional programs for children. As part of this class, students will participate in a fieldwork component where they will evaluate a child identified as needing extra help and then create an individualized literacy program for that child. Topics to be covered include: emergent literacy; conducting a clinical interview; communicating with parents; literacy assessment techniques; report writing; making instructional recommendations; creating an individualized instructional program; using a balanced literacy approach; guided and shared reading; independent reading; choosing appropriate materials for each child; writing process, and; reading strategies for instruction and intervention.