RSAS CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE MODULES

READING SPECIALISTS’ ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE (RSAS)

RSAS CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE MODULES (Updated 2015 for next 5 years)

MODULE 1: THE SYNERGETIC PROCESS OF LITERACY 

Topics:  1.1 What is Literacy? 

1.2 Reading as a Process and a Product   

1.3 Writing as a Process and a Product  

1.4 Handwriting and Penmanship  

1.5 Spelling and Dictation  

1.6 Fantasizing: The Bridge between Reading and Writing  

MODULE 2: LITERACY DIFFICULTIES, DISABILITES AND DISORDERS 

Topics: ​2.1 Difficulties, Disabilities and Disorders in Literacy

2.2 Difficulties in Literacy   

2.3 Disabilities and Disorders in Literacy   

MODULE 3: MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION OF LITERACY COMPETENCE AND PERFORMANCE 

Topics: ​3.1 What do the terms Measurement and Evaluation mean?   

3.2 Profiling a Reader/Writer    

3.3 Screening and Assessment Practice (use of selected screening/assessment tools)  

3.4 Case Management System   

3.5 Case Studies for Evaluation Practice 

MODULE 4: LITERACY INTERVENTION STRATEGIES 

Topics: ​4.1 What does the term Treatment mean?   

4.2 Different Categories and Levels of Treatment   

4.3 Individual-centered Intervention Strategies   

4.4 Group/Class-centered Intervention Strategies   

4.5 Developing a Balanced Literacy (Reading/Writing) Program   

MODULE 5: CASE STUDIES IN LITERACY COMPETENCE AND PERFORMANCE 

Topics: ​5.1  Selected Case Studies from the following   

5.2 Other Case Studies as provided by the participants/trainees Participants have to present their respective case studies at the end of this module. A pass is compulsory for this final module in order to proceed for the qualifying RSAS Certificate of Professional Practice 

Passing Criteria for RSAS CoC and CoPP Qualifications 

• To qualify for the Certificate of Competence (CoC) for each of the above five modules, trainees/participants are expected to complete the modular assignments and attain a score of 80% and above. 

• To qualify for the Certificate of Professional Practice (CoPP), all trainees/participants must obtain a pass grade for their Supervised Remedial Intervention Observation (not more than 1 hour with the Examiner asking the Examinee not more than 3 questions based on that observation) and Final Case Study Presentation (a case of the Examinee’s choice to present orally).  
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