Dyslexia Intervention

Three types of instruction are implemented:

Students identified as having dyslexia in grades 2 – 12 are served with one of the following interventions (all of which meet the descriptors according to the State of Texas Dyslexia Procedures Handbook):              

• Early intervention interventions for grades K-1 include: Phonemic Awareness in Young Children, Earobics, Lexia, and/or ARI (accelerated reading instruction), or other appropriate research-based intervention  
• Alpha-phonics (grades 2 – 6) 
• Language Science (grades 7 – 12)   
• The curriculum used in grades 2-12 is Orton-Gillingham & research-based

 

Schedule of classes:

Approximately 6 students per class

Scheduled 45 min. to 1 hour per day, 5 days per week

Elementary program is a "pull-out" situation

Secondary program is a scheduled class - reading or elective.

Early Intervention Programs are implemented by campus & student need.

 

Time line for instruction

Early Intervention Programs are generally for the duration of K and 1^st grade, as long as needed by the student.

Alpha-phonics is usually completed in 3 years.

Language Science can usually be completed in 3 or 4 semesters.

 

The major instructional strategies used in the Dyslexia Program in Wylie ISD utilize individualized, intensive, multisensory methods, containing writing and spelling components, and include the following descriptors:

·        Graphophonemic Knowledge - explicit, synthetic, and analytic phonics

·        Linguistic - patterns of language

·        Meaning based - purposeful reading and writing

·        Multisensory - simultaneous use of more than one sensory pathway

·        Phonemic Awareness - detect, segment, blend, and manipulate sounds in spoken language

·        Process Oriented - decoding & encoding which lead to word recognition, fluency, and comprehension

·        Language Structure - morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics

·        Explicit and Direct Instruction - systematic, sequential, and cumulative

·        Individualized Instruction - small group instruction to meet the needs of individual students

·        Intensive, Highly Concentrated Instruction - containing components of Instruction mandated in 19 TAC §74.28