LibGuides: PED626: Week 2

Required Notetaking

Cornell Notes

Cornell Method - A Method to Take Great Notes
Sridharan, M. (2020, February 4). Cornell method - A method to take great notes. Think Insights. Retrieved January 4, 2023, from https://thinkinsights.net/consulting/cornell-method-great-notes/

Read prior to reading the book chapters. In this course, you will be required to take notes on the book chapters you read. Please use the Cornell Method for taking notes. You will be required to submit the notes prior to taking the weekly knowledge check assessment.

Week 2 Required Resources

Textbook

Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention
Mather, N., & Wendling, B. J. (2012). Essentials of dyslexia assessment and intervention. Wiley.

Read the following chapters in the Mather and Wendling text:

Chapter 5: Assessment of Cognitive and Linguistic Correlated of Dyslexia
- This chapter provides information about the various correlated effects of dyslexia. This chapter includes information about the factors that are linked with dyslexia. Phonological awareness will be explored. Rapid Naming and Processing Speed, Orthographic Coding and Working Memory are also explored; these processing skills are linked with dyslexia.
Chapter 6: Assessment of Decoding, Encoding, and Reading Fluency
- The focus of this chapter includes information about how reading and spelling skills are developed. This chapter provides information about decoding, encoding, and reading fluency. You can expect to gain insight into the development of skills related to spelling. In addition, key elements of decoding and encoding are explored and defined as well as Orthographic Awareness or Morphology. Lastly, processes to assess reading and spelling skills are explored, including the Dula-Route theory.

Articles

A New Memory Perspective on the Sentence Comprehension Deficits of School-Age Children with Developmental Language Disorder: Implications for Theory, Assessment, and Intervention
Erratum to “A new memory perspective on the sentence comprehension deficits of school-age children with developmental language disorder: Implications for theory, assessment, and intervention.” (2021). Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools, 52(4), 1146–1146. https://doi.org/10.10
Use of the Woodcock-Johnson IV for Dyslexia Evaluations
Mather, N., Stephens, T. L., & Proctor, C. M. (2019). Use of the Woodcock-Johnson IV for dyslexia evaluations. Riverside Insights. Use of the Woodcock-Johnson IV for Dyslexia Evaluations (riversideinsights.com)
Dyslexia Report: Required Tests and Clusters
Riverside Score Help. (2023, April 8). Dyslexia report: Required tests and clusters.https://onlinehelp.riversideinsights.com/Help/OSR/Test_Records/Dyslexia_Report_Required_Tests_and_Clusters.htm
Dyslexia and English Language Learners (ELLs)
Pearson. (2023, April 8). Dyslexia and English language learners (ELLs).
WIAT 4 Manual Reading
Breaux, K. C. (2020). WIAT 4 Wechsler individual achievement test (4th ed.). Pearson.
Important Access Information:
To access the WIAT-4 Administartion Manual, you will need to use your Pearson log in credentials. These were sent to your NU email at the start of this course. After logging into Pearson, access the WIAT-4 Administration Manual to assist you in completeing Leanring Activity 4.

Videos

SPP 89: Dr. Steven Feifer (57:42)

School Psyched Podcast. (2019, September 22). SPP 89: Dr. Stephen Feifer [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byzRxVHBbDM

This video includes a conversation with Dr. Feifer regarding the FAR (an assessment tool for dyslexia). The video below includes a quick overview of the FAR, and Dr. Feifer explores how RTI SLD eligibility can be used to identify dyslexia as a specific learning disability. As a school psychologist, you will be tasked with identifying dyslexia in students. Understanding the nuances of the assessment process is critical to your success in supporting students with reading difficulties.

Dyslexia Screening Using WIAT-4 Dyslexia Index (17:23)

Kimbell, A. (2021, March 2). WIAT-4 dyslexia index: Used for screening [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ciRXNwoIg

This video is designed to provide an overview of the WIAT-4 and how it can be used as part of the dyslexia assessment. The dyslexia index in the battery is explored.