Online Graduate Course on Word Finding

Spring 2008
Online Graduate Course in Word Finding
SPE 525: Child Word-Finding: Intervention for Students with Language and Learning Disabilities

What: SPE 525, a 2 hour online graduate course in Child Word Finding will be taught by Dr. Diane German this spring using the book, Word Finding Intervention Program, Second Edition (WFIP-2). Participants in this course will study one of the Most Prevalent and Challenging Language Difficulties Among Children in School today, Child Word Finding. See course description below. Through their studies students will:

Acquire an understanding of the lexical access system underlying typical and atypical expressive language;
Learn to profile the three most prevalent Word-Finding error patterns;
Study a comprehensive intervention program, including retrieval strategy instruction, for learners challenged with Word Finding;
Gain insights as to how Word-Finding difficulties impact on oral reading and written language; and
Become familiar with Word-Finding accommodations in the classroom that reduce the retrieval load but not the work load.

Who: Professor Diane J. German, Ph.D.
Where: Online from National-Louis University, Chicago, Il
When: April 8, 2008 to May 20, 2008. (Students will complete final work during the weeks between May 6 to May 20, 2008. Final Work due May 20, 2008.)
How: Registration begins February 18, 2008. Check back for specific registration information or E mail Dr. Diane J. German at dgerman@nl.edu.
Tuition: Tuition for this 2 hr graduate course is $578 ($289.00 per semester hour). Fax credit card payments only to 847-465-4746. (Note that there is only one telephone number for the graduate registrar.) Personal check payments should be sent with your registration to: Graduate Registrar National Louis University, 1000 Capitol Drive Wheeling, IL 60090-7201.

Please Email Diane J. German with questions or to receive introductory course material once you have registered for this class.

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