Texas Dyslexia Handbook

Definitions

• Specific learning disablity that is neurologic in orgin
• Difficulty in learning to read, write, or spell, despite conventional instruction

Difficulties include:

• reading words with isolation
• decoding familiar words
• oral reading is slow, innacurate or labored
• spelling

Risk Factors

• Delay in learning to talk
• Difficulty recognizing common sight words
• Difficulty with written expression
• Avoidance of reading
• Frustration with reading later on

Assessment and Identification Procedures

• Early detection is important
• Data Gathering
• Formal Assessments

Reevaluation

• Dyslexia is a life long condition
• Much help and proper education can help
• May not be retested for dyslexia until the district reevalutes previous results

Instruction for Dyslexia

• Effective literacy instruction
• Phonological Awareness
• Sound-symbol association
• Syllabication
• Orthography
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Reading Comprehension & Fluency

Delivery of Instruction

• Multisensory
• Systematic & Cumalative
• Explicit Instruction
• Diagnostic Teaching
• Synthetic Instruction
• Analytic Instruction

Accommodations

• Copies of notes
• Additional time on tests or classroom assignments
• Alternative testing location
• Oral reading of directions
• Word Banks
• Formula charts

Enrollment in Programs

• Access to all services
• Services for their personal disability

Texas Administrative Code

• Title 19 Education
• Part 2 Texas Education Agency
• Chapter 74 Curriculum Requirements
• Subchapter C Other Provisions
• Rule 74.28 Students with Dyslexia and Related Disorders