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Dyslexia Certificate Online


Acquire the specialized knowledge and tools necessary to provide the appropriate intervention services to students with dyslexia.

Next Apply Date: 5/14/24
Next Class Start Date: 5/28/24
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Next Apply Date: 5/14/24
Next Class Start Date: 5/28/24

Program Overview


Insight into our Dyslexia Certificate

Expand your teaching repertoire in as few as eight months with this accelerated online Dyslexia Certificate program. Continue working while you complete coursework and gain hands-on experience performing clinical assessment and intervention in reading and related areas with young students and adolescents in secondary grades.

Aligned with the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) standards and the International Literacy Association (ILA), the curriculum covers the structure of language, the interaction between language and literacy, diagnostic principles and practices necessary for evaluating reading skills, and multisensory approaches used to help struggling readers. This program also gives you a working understanding of the legal mandates that protect the educational and civil rights of students receiving dyslexia services in public school environments.

As licensure requirements may change without notice, it is the responsibility of the student to confirm the requirements for licensure in their state as it applies to the participation in an out-of-state degree program. All transfer credit is subject to approval.

This Dyslexia Certificate online program helps you excel in:

  • Providing reading interventions for children who are learning to read or struggling to read
  • The development of literacy skills in alignment with state and national standards
  • Providing reading interventions for children who are learning to read or struggling to read
  • The development of literacy skills in alignment with state and national standards

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Total Tuition: $5,100
Program Duration: As few as 8 months
Credit Hours 15

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Tuition


Learn more about our highly affordable tuition

Our Dyslexia Certificate online program features the same affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition for all U.S. residents. All fees are included.

Tuition breakdown:

Per Credit Hour: $340
Total Tuition: $5,100

Calendar


Upcoming dates and deadlines

The Dyslexia Certificate online program features accelerated coursework and multiple start dates to help you start sooner and finish faster.

Please note Summer 1 and Summer 2 terms are 5 weeks in duration for this program.

TermProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlinePayment DueLast Class Day
Spring 23/4/242/19/242/23/242/29/243/1/244/26/24
Summer 15/28/245/14/245/17/245/23/245/24/246/27/24
Summer 27/2/246/18/246/21/246/27/246/28/248/1/24
Fall 18/20/248/5/248/9/248/15/248/16/2410/4/24
Fall 210/14/249/30/2410/4/2410/10/2410/11/2412/6/24

Now enrolling:

Next Apply Date 5/14/24
Start Class 5/28/24

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Admissions


Requirements for the online Dyslexia Certificate

A-State Online offers a streamlined admission process so you can get started quickly and easily. While students must have a bachelor’s degree and a valid teaching certificate to be admitted to our Dyslexia Certificate online program, teaching experience is not required. Students should check for specific requirements in their state. See full admission requirements below.

Admission Requirements:

  • Online application
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 1 year of teaching experience

  • Complete online application and submit a non-refundable $30 fee
  • Official transcript(s) sent from the registrar of the college/university attended. Official transcripts are sealed transcripts sent from the granting institution.
  • Have a Baccalaureate degree with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least a 3.0 on a 4.00 scale from an accredited institution
  • Hold a valid teaching license
  • Commitment from a literacy coach or reading specialist, or other acceptable mentor who will function as your mentor during the program. The mentor must have reading/ language arts experience. "View acceptable mentors (.PDF)"
  • Read and submit the Professional Dispositions Signature Document

Submit all documents to:

A-State Online
P.O. Box 2520
State University, AR 72467

Fax: 870-972-3548
Email: [email protected]

For Non-US Postal Mail Overnight Delivery Only:

Academic Partnerships
c/o Central Receiving
2713 Pawnee St.
Jonesboro, AR 72401

​Aligned with IDA and ILA

The A-State Dyslexia Certificate program is aligned with the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) standards and the International Literacy Association (ILA).

Courses


The degree plan for our online graduate certificate program

Students in the Dyslexia Certificate online program are required to complete 15 credit hours of coursework, consisting of four courses and a practicum.

Visit the Course Registration page to view the course schedule for this certificate.

Students in this program must complete the following courses (15 credit hours).

Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An examination of current research on literacy cognition, reading disorders, and research-based methodologies for reading instruction, with implications for instruction.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines literacy issues in the context of multicultural education and culturally responsive pedagogy with a focus on the differentiation of literacy needs among various student cultures and special needs students. Presentation and rehearsal of explicit literacy instruction to enhance comprehension.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Clinical experiences in assessment and intervention in reading and related areas.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the development of literacy skills, birth through primary grades, including the process of exposure to words and print, and the opportunity to write as a part of the literacy process. This course maintains alignment with state and national standards.
Duration: 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Analyzes current federal initiatives and reform policies related to adolescent literacy. Examines the social and cognitive processes related to adolescent literacy. Study of methods to facilitate literacy learning for adolescents in all curricular areas.

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