Speech and Language Difficulties
Course code
KAE6068.HR
old course code
KAE6068
Course title in Estonian
Lugemisraskusega õpilaste toetamine
Course title in English
Speech and Language Difficulties
ECTS credits
5.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To create opportunities:
- for the acquisition of systematic knowledge about speech and language difficulties and their relation to reading difficulties and dyslexia,
- for the acquisition of knowledge about the nature of reading difficulties and dyslexia,
- for the acquisition of supportive learning strategies for working with a child with reading difficulties and dyslexia.
- for the acquisition of systematic knowledge about speech and language difficulties and their relation to reading difficulties and dyslexia,
- for the acquisition of knowledge about the nature of reading difficulties and dyslexia,
- for the acquisition of supportive learning strategies for working with a child with reading difficulties and dyslexia.
Brief description of the course
Different approaches to reading difficulties and dyslexia and contemporary standpoints. Different levels of support for a student with reading difficulties and dyslexia: learning reading according to the disorder, adaptation of learning, approach of the whole school, opportunities of the parents and the home. Networks and their creation in supporting a student with reading difficulties.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to draw connections between speech and language disorders and reading difficulties;
- is able to assess the occurrence of difficulties and the related risk in specific students;
- is able to choose and apply appropriate intervention techniques;
- understands the importance of cooperation and is able to initiate and participate in a cooperation process.
- is able to draw connections between speech and language disorders and reading difficulties;
- is able to assess the occurrence of difficulties and the related risk in specific students;
- is able to choose and apply appropriate intervention techniques;
- understands the importance of cooperation and is able to initiate and participate in a cooperation process.
Teacher
Kadi Lukanenok, MA
Study programmes containing that course