Penn State Launches Reading Instruction for Special Education

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Penn State Launches Reading Instruction for Special Education (RISE) a

15-credit certificate program offered in an independent learning format

Penn State's new Reading Instruction for Special Education (RISE) certificate

program provides advanced training for special education teachers in reading

instruction for upper elementary and secondary students with special learning

needs. Special education administrators, general education teachers and

administrators, reading specialists, speech and language pathologists,

educational

consultants, and higher education faculty who are responsible for reading

instruction may also attend.

The program consists of a conference and three graduate-level courses,

offered via videotape or DVD. The Summer Reading Conference: Effective Reading

Instruction for Upper Elementary and Secondary Students with Special Learning

Needs

will be held June 21 to 25, 2004, at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel

in State College, Pennsylvania.

Motivated individuals can complete the program in one academic year.

Qualified Pennsylvania residents can earn contact hours toward fulfilling Act 48

requirements by completing courses in the RISE certificate program.

For more information about this program, please visit the Web site:

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workforce.