College of Graduate Studies - MTSU | Middle Tennessee State University

Certificate in Dyslexic Studies

Program Director:	Dr. Jwa Kim TN Center for Dyslexia 615-494-8880 jwa.kim@mtsu.edu	Program Details - Graduate Catalog Department Website Graduate Faculty Admission Requirements Checklist Online Application
Graduate Analyst:	Glenda Vandygrift 615-898-5494 glenda.vandygrift@mtsu.edu

The Dyslexic Studies program at MTSU offers an interdisciplinary 18-credit-hour program leading to a certificate in Dyslexic Studies. Content is significantly rooted in the research base that defines dyslexia, guides identification, and informs the content and strategies for effective instruction. The Graduate Certificate in Dyslexic Studies provides real answers to real questions:

Why do some struggling readers fail to respond to interventions?
What is dyslexia? Is it purely a specific reading disability, or is it also linked to language disabilities and processing deficits?
How are reading disabilities in general and dyslexia in particular identified?
How will this process change as schools move from an IQ-achievement discrepancy model to a 3-tier model under the Response to Intervention (RTI) approach?
After a reading disability has been identified, how can curriculum-based measurements track the reading progress of children?
What instructional approaches have been scientifically shown as effective for struggling readers, and children with dyslexia?
What are multisensory strategies?
What is differentiated instruction and what does scientific research indicate about how instruction should be modified when children fail to show adequate progress?
How does dyslexia affect classroom organization? That is, how can quality instruction for struggling readers be delivered in a regular classroom through small groups, paired instruction, independent work and one-on-one instruction?

Prerequisites for admission are a certificate in a field that is integral to the education of P-12 students, documentation of three or more years of successful experience in the career field, and permission of the program advisor.

In 1993, the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia was established by the Tennessee General Assembly to assist K-10 students with dyslexia, their teachers, and their families. For more information about the Center for Dyslexia, visit their website at http://dyslexia.mtsu.edu/index.

Admission Requirements:

To be admitted to the Certificate in Dyslexic Studies program,
a student must submit the following to the College of Graduate Studies:

Online application and appropriate application fee

Official transcript of all colleges, universities (including business and technical schools). If the transcripts are issued from an international (non-US) institution, a course-by course analysis is required. Original non-US transcripts should be submitted directly to the evaluation service. (Click here for more information on non-US transcripts.)

Letter of Recommendation from principal or supervisor

Letter of Intent

Submit Application Materials to:

College of Graduate Studies
MTSU Box 42
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Test Codes for Middle Tennessee State University:

GMAT	ACTG - 6ZR-KJ-63 INFS - 6ZR-KJ-37 MBA (Full-time) - 6ZR-KJ-25 MBA (Part-time) - 6ZR-KJ-52
GRE	1466
MAT	1751
Praxis	1466
TOEFL	1466