- Building Children's Reading Skills
- How to Teach Reading Fundamentals
- Violence and Children
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Course Description:
1.0 Continuing Education Units are available at course completion.
This course will provide the learner with a better understanding of the underlying concepts needed to improve the reading skills in children and adults. Through readings, lessons, quizzes and independent explorations, the learner will leave the course with more complete understanding of the development of reading skills from preschool through adulthood and begin to be able to think about specific strategies which could be utilized to increase the skills and development of anyone's reading. Websites are also provided to help the learner further explore the topics on his/her own. At the end of this unit, the learner will be able to describe some of the basic underlying principles of reading development, activities which can be incorporated to increase skill levels, and the importance of developing reading throughout life. Those undertaking this unit will also be able to demonstrate the following learning objectives: Students will be able to identify the purpose and value of improving reading skills. Students will be able to identify and define the major components of reading instruction Students will be able to apply strategies to improve reading skills in each of the major components of reading instruction. Students will be able to transfer knowledge learned about reading development into their own personal experiences or that of others to increase reading skills.
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Course Description:
1.0 Continuing Education Units are available at course completion.
Reading is the process of absorbing the written word. Whether in English or another language, reading is an essential part of communication between human beings. Reading comprehension is the ability to process, think through and connect ideas that are expressed on paper. Reading may be achieved through a variety of methods and techniques that best suit individual learners and students of all ages and levels. This reading basics course is designed to help students increase their reading speed as well as their ability to comprehend content, directions, and absorb materials for retention. Whether a student is taking this course to increase reading skills as a second or foreign language or by native English speakers wishing to increase their comprehension of a wide variety of materials, students will be introduced to different techniques and materials to do so. Whether a student needs to increase his or her comprehension for work environments, pleasure, or school, styles of approach, engagement, as well as the potential of using a wide variety of resources and tools are explored in this course. From learning the basics of reading comprehension such as decoding and retention to understanding how vocabulary is created and using the Internet to improve reading skills, this course offers students a basic and solid foundation in reading multiple types of materials for a wide range of daily living scenarios and needs. Understanding the difficulties that may face many students, as focused on helping students gain the most from their reading experiences, this reading basics course is designed to encourage students to excel in their reading adventures and endeavors.
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Course Description:
1.0 Continuing Education Units are available at course completion.
A course that will help parents and educators understand the effects of violence and its impact on children. During the past 25 years, violent crime among juveniles has more than quadrupled, and weapons offenses for children ages 10-17 have doubled. What has happened? We must try to understand why violent and horrific events are occurring with alarming frequency. Who is to blame? Schools? Parents? Media? And more importantly, what can be done to prevent this escalation? This class will provide alarming but basic facts and statistics about violence and children; discussion regarding the news report, Little Criminals; possible causes of violence and early identification of potential for violence; how to help children avoid violent conflicts; and finally solutions that parents and educators ideas and resources to help prevent violence in their homes, schools and communities.
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