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 Rite Flight, Lexia or other research-based interventions for Phonological Awareness.
• Alpha-phonics (grades 2 – 6)
• Language Science (grades 7 – 12)

The research-based curriculum used in grades 2-12 is Take Flight (Texas Scottish Rite Hospital) or Phonics Blitz (Really Great Reading)

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 1st grade, as long as needed by the student.
• Alpha-phonics is usually completed in 3 - 4 years.
• Language Science can usually be completed in 3 years.

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