#AMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Summer Session 2001

EDUC 424 - 4 ?

Jasdev Makkar

Learning Disabilities: Laboratory ?

Office: TBA

Lecture: Tues & Thurs 8:30-10:00 ?

Phone: 291-3395

Lab: Tues, Wed, Thurs & Fri 10:00-12:00 ?

D02.00 ?

E-mail: jmakkar@sfu.ca

Location: EDB 8620

PREREQUISITES

Corequisite: Educ 422

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to:

Teach students to perform informal assessment of reading, writing and math problems.

Teach students to understand how to set up an individual educational plan for a student

with learning disabilities.

Teach students to teach a child or adolescent with learning disabilities.

Teach students to monitor and evaluate progress of the students with learning disabilities.

STRUCTURE OF COURSE

The first two lecture sessions (July 3 and July 5) will prepare students for initial assessment and will

also deal with teaching strategies that may be utilized to teach tutees. During lab sessions (July 10

through July 27) each student will tutor a student with learning disabilities. Daily tutoring sessions will

be preceded by lectures designed to guide and support SFU students through their tutoring sessions

and will provide guidelines for assignments. The last sessions (July 31 to August 2) will be lecture

format. Final reports will be due on July 31.

REQUIREMENTS

Assignments will include reports on assessment and tutoring. There may be one or two mini tests

based on the required text, class notes and instructor placed readings in the library. Details will be

provided at the first class meeting.

REQUIRED TEXTS

Wong, Bernice Y.L. (1996)The ABC's of Learning Disabilities. San Diego: Academic Press.

Assessment Manuals: (available in Bookstore). Each SFU student will need to purchase one or two

manuals for use in the course. Instructions on which manual to purchase will be given in first class

meeting.