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Program Goals
- Effectively identifying students who exhibit
characteristics of dyslexia
- Providing individualized instruction that meets the
specific learning needs of each student in a small group
setting
- Providing intervention that includes:
- Phonemic awareness
- Grapho-phonemic knowledge (phonics)
- Language structure
- Linguistics
- Process and strategies for decoding, encoding, word
recognition, fluency, and comprehension
- Providing explicit, direct instruction that is
systematic, sequential, and cumulative
- Providing intensive, highly concentrated instruction
that maximizes student engagement and uses specialized
methods and materials
- Providing meaning-based instruction that is directed
toward purposeful reading and writing, with an emphasis
on comprehension and composition
- Providing multi-sensory instruction that incorporates
the simultaneous use of two or more sensory pathways
(auditory, visual, kinesthetic, tactile) during teacher
presentations and student practice
- Providing support for students in the regular
classroom by collaborating with the teacher regarding
alternative strategies and specific accommodations
- Providing support to regular classroom teachers who
are working with dyslexic students
- Facilitating parent education and support groups by
providing information, parent support, and advocate
information
Resources
Academic Language Therapy Association
(ALTA)
Association on Higher Education and Disability
(AHEAD)
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Council of Educators of Students with Disabilities
International Reading Association
(IRA)
National Information Center for Children and Youth with
Disabilities
(NICHCY)
Parents Educational Resource Center
(PERC)
Dyslexia Handbook
Dyslexia Handbook – Espaņol
Financial Aid for Scholarships
International Dyslexia Association
National Center for Learning Disabilities
(NCLD)
Learning Disabilities Association of Texas
(LDAT)
National Attention Deficit Association
(ADDA)
Neuhaus Education Center
Online Reference Tool
Library of Congress-National Service for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped
North Texas Taping and Radio for the Blind
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (National)
Talking Textbooks on Tape
Texas State Library
Contact
Regina
Schneider
Language Arts Coordinator
972.727.0511
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