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Current Curriculum Plan – Literacy with preparation for MA Dept. of Elem. and Second. Education Reading Specialist Licensure Concentration
This concentration provides students with current research, theory, and teaching practices in reading, writing, and oral language. The focus is on understanding reading and writing disorders in the context of oral reading development. Specific knowledge is gained on diagnostic tools and strategic interventions for struggling readers and writers. This concentration requires coursework and a specific kind of practicum experience as outlined in the MA DESE curriculum requirements for Reading Specialist licensure. Hours obtained in this practicum do not count as ASHA clinical hours usually, unless the reading supervisor is an ASHA-certified clinician. Students interested in working as Speech-Language Pathologists and Reading Specialists in Massachusetts public schools should consider this option.
Total Core Required Credits: 72
(Core courses must be taken for letter grade.)
Total Elective Credits required: 0
(Elective courses required for the concentration must be taken for letter grade, except for the Reading practicum course.)
Minimum credits required for graduation: 72
If students have already completed an undergraduate course in Aural Rehabilitation they will be required to take 2 more credits of electives to reach the required total of 72.
Year 1 - Fall Term
| CD-732 | Speech Sound Disorders in Children | 3 |
| CD-743 | Development and Disorders of Written and Spoken Language I | 3 |
| CD-745 | Diagnostic Methods and Clinical Processes in CSD | 2 |
| CD-760 | Seminar for Spoken and Written Language Disorders Practicum | 0 |
| CD-761 | Clinical Practicum - Spoken Language Disorders | 3 |
| CH-721 | Foundations of Cognition | 2 |
| HP-818 | IMPACT 1: Interprofessional Practice | 1 |
Year 1 - Spring Term
| CD-722 | Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Communication and Swallowing | 3 |
| CD-744 | Development and Disorders of Written and Spoken Language II | 3 |
| CD-760 | Seminar for Spoken and Written Language Disorders Practicum | 0 |
| CD-762 | Clinical Practicum- Reading and Writing Disorders | 3 |
| CD-839 | Aphasia in Adults: Assessment and Intervention | 3 |
| HP-819 | IMPACT 2: Interprofessional Project | 1 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
Year 1 - Summer Term
| CD-770 | Year 1 Clinical Outplacement Seminar | 0 |
| CD-771 | Year 1 Clinical Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| CD-825 | Reading and Writing in the Schools | 2 |
| CD-826 | Leading Literacy Change | 1 |
| CD-828 | Teaching Language and Literacy to English Language Learners | 2 |
| CD-833 | Neuromotor Speech Disorders | 2 |
| CD-840 | Dysphagia in Adults & Children | 3 |
| CD-843 | Acquired Cognitively Based Communication Disorders (Traumatic Brain Injury) | 2 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
CD 825 and CD 826 are both required courses. They may also be taken in summer Year 2.
See Other Electives below
Year 2 - Fall Term
| CD-721 | Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception of Speech | 3 |
| CD-724 | Research Design and Statistics for CSD | 3 |
| CD-752 | Hearing Skills Seminar | 1 |
| CD-827 | Teaching Narrative and Expository Literacy | 2 |
| CD-832 | Voice Disorders | 3 |
| CD-870 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement Seminar | 0 |
| CD-872 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 2 | 3 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
CD 827 is required.
Students take CD 752 only if they have already taken an Aural Rehab Course prior to matriculation.
Students planning on completing a thesis take CD 724-02 in their Spring semester of Year 1.
See Electives below
Year 2 - Spring Term
| CD-751 | Aural Rehabilitation: Treatment of Hearing Disorders | 3 |
| CD-824B | Diagnostic Methods and Clinical Processes in Reading and Writing Disorders II | 2 |
| CD-828 | Teaching Language and Literacy to English Language Learners | 2 |
| CD-870 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement Seminar | 0 |
| CD-873 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 3 | 3 |
| CH-835 | Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) | 2 |
| HP-999 | Interprof Sem - 2nd Year Spr | 0 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
CD 828 and CD 824B are required courses. CD 824B may be taken in spring Year 1.
Students take CD 751 only if they have not taken an Aural Rehab course prior to matriculation.
See Electives below
Year 2 - Summer Term
| CD-841 | Fluency Disorders (Stuttering) | 2 |
| CD-881 | Year 2 CSD Reading Outplacement | 3 |
| HP-821 | IMPACT 3: Interprofessional Ethics | 1 |
| - | Electives - As approved by academic advisor | |
CD 881 Reading Practicum is required, and may be taken in other semesters
See other electives below.
A total of 18 credits of Clinical Practicum must be completed from the following courses:
Students must complete a reading practicum, either CD 781 if it is summer of Year 1 or CD 881 if it is in any semester in Year 2.
| CD-761 | Clinical Practicum - Spoken Language Disorders | 3 |
| CD-762 | Clinical Practicum- Reading and Writing Disorders | 3 |
| CD-771 | Year 1 Clinical Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| - | or | |
| CD-871 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 1 | 3 |
| CD-872 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 2 | 3 |
| CD-873 | Year 2 Clinical Outplacement 3 | 3 |
| CD-781 | Year 1 CSD Reading Outplacement | 3 |
| CD-881 | Year 2 CSD Reading Outplacement | 3 |
A total of 10 credits of electives (including the 3 credit reading practicum) must be completed for this concentration.
| CD-781 | Year 1 CSD Reading Outplacement | 3 |
| CD-825 | Reading and Writing in the Schools | 2 |
| CD-826 | Leading Literacy Change | 1 |
| CD-827 | Teaching Narrative and Expository Literacy | 2 |
| CD-824B | Diagnostic Methods and Clinical Processes in Reading and Writing Disorders II | 2 |
| CD-881 | Year 2 CSD Reading Outplacement | 3 |
Courses with the following prefixes can also be used towards elective requirements with advisor permissions:
| HP- | Interprofessional Courses | |
| NH- | Nursing Multidisciplinary Courses | |
| NH- | Nursing Multidisciplinary Courses | |
| PH- | Physical Therapy Multidisciplinary Courses | |