Richardson ISD

Dyslexia Services

Provides evaluations for students suspected of having dyslexia and appropriate instructional intervention for students who are identified with dyslexia.

Overview

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RISD Dyslexia Programs provides assessment and intensive small group interventions for students identified with dyslexia by using a multisensory teaching approach that includes phonological awareness, sound-symbol association, syllabication, orthography, morphology, syntax, reading comprehension, and reading fluency.  Students receive daily intervention five days a week.

Services

  • Dyslexia evaluations for students K-12
  • Dyslexia remediation – Pull-out for all elementary campuses and a schedule class for all secondary campuses.
  • RISD dyslexia remediation include the following programs:
    • Multisensory Teaching Approach (MTA) on all campuses
    • Take Flight (currently at some campuses)