Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Dumas ISD Parents’ Night Teacher Training Assessing and Identifying Dyslexia Special Services - Dyslexia Dumas ISD/Region 16 ESC Adapted from materials provided by Gina Mitchell of Region 10 ESC

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center School Success Lifetime Achievement Effective Instruction Dyslexia Present/Future Accommodations Appropriate Placement Documentation

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Dyslexia Fact or Myth 1.Dyslexia cannot be diagnosed until about third grade. 2.Children who reverse b’s and d’s are dyslexic. 3.Students cannot be dyslexic and Gifted/Talented. 4.More boys than girls are dyslexic. 5.A test is given to diagnose dyslexia. 6.Dyslexia is outgrown.

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Dyslexia is: Of constitutional origin Difficulty with reading, writing, or spelling Unexpected

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center International Dyslexia Association Definition 2002 Specific learning disability Neurological origin Difficulties in accurate / fluent word recognition, poor spelling, and decoding Deficit in phonological component of language

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center International Dyslexia Association Definition 2002 UNEXPECTED in relation to other cognitive abilities and effective classroom instruction Secondary consequences in reading comprehension, reduced reading experience that impedes vocabulary growth and background knowledge

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Prevalence (Shaywitz, 2003) 5%-17% of school-aged children have dyslexia. Dyslexia is the most common learning disability. Dyslexia occurs with equal frequency in boys and girls. More than 1/3 of fourth-grade students cannot read well enough to comprehend grade-level material. (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001)

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Heritability Family history is an important risk factor 23% - 65% of children have a parent with dyslexia. The rate among siblings is approximately 40%. The skills of readers with dyslexia become more accurate over time, but they do not become automatic. Therefore, causing reading to remain effortful--even for the brightest student and persists into adulthood. (Torgesen, 2002)

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Right Hemisphere Left Hemisphere Child #12 With Reading Difficulties Child #1 Normal Reader Reprinted by permission, Jack Fletcher, Center for Academic Reading Skills

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center BeforeAfter Child #1 with Reading Difficulties Child #2 with Reading Difficulties Reprinted by permission, Jack Fletcher, Center for Academic Reading Skills 16

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Research Findings Specific Reading Disability/Dyslexia affects at least one out of every five children in the U.S. Dyslexia is not a developmental delay. Of children who display reading problems in the 3rd grade, 74% will be poor readers in the 9th grade and into adulthood without intervention. Reading, writing, and spelling failure caused by dyslexia is highly preventable through direct, explicit instruction in phonemic awareness. NICHD 2002

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Refining Current/on- going research New findings

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL Symptoms Characteristics Examinations Observations Tests/Procedures Tests/Assessments Diagnosis--Identification Medical TreatmentEducational Treatment

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center What is required by the state of Texas for the identification of the student with dyslexia? TAC§74.28 §504 IDEIA § 504 TEC § TEC §7.028 TEC §28.006

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center The Dyslexia Handbook, 2009, is a guideline Written procedures Recommendations for assessment, identification, and placement. www. region10.org/dyslexia

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center There is NO one test for dyslexia

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Identifying Dyslexia “Tests don’t identify, people do”

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Identification of Dyslexia Made by a committee of knowledgeable persons

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Outcomes Depend on severity and intervention Can be long term; students not on track by third grade are less likely to catch up (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998) 75% of poor readers in third grade remained poor readers in ninth grade (Francis, Shaywitz, Stuebing, Shaywitz, & Fletcher, 1996) Are broader than just poor reading skills (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998)

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Video Dyslexia: Finding the Answers International Dyslexia Association

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Suggestions For Parents Learn about dyslexia Understand your student and help your student understand Support your student Collaborate with educators

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Resources The Dyslexia Handbook

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Questions & Answers The most frequently asked questions about dyslexia. The Dyslexia Handbook Revised 2014 Appendix C Pages 60-79

Property of Region 10 Education Service Center Dumas ISD Dyslexia Contact Jo Stroebel ext.2022 Denia Brinkmann ext.6011