This course is designed to equip educators with the specialized knowledge and practical skills needed to support students with dyslexia and other reading challenges. It provides an in-depth exploration of a structured literacy framework, emphasizing the principles of explicit, systematic, multi-sensory and cumulative instruction. Participants will examine the foundational brain research on reading, understand the key differences between skilled and struggling readers, and learn about the five language-processing components of structured literacy: phonology, orthography, syntax, morphology, and semantics. The course will address the use of various literacy assessments—screening, progress-monitoring, and diagnostic—to inform instruction. The course will also focus research-based methods for building reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, while exploring how to adapt instruction to accommodate cognitive, linguistic, and behavioral differences.