Dyslexia

March 16, 2021

The Onalaska ISD dyslexia program is designed to provide short-term reading intervention for children identified as having characteristics of dyslexia. Intervention services are offered to qualifying students in all grades. The components of instruction include explicit, systematic, and sequential multi-sensory instruction. Onalaska teachers are trained in dyslexia intervention strategies, which target the five areas of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The goal of the dyslexia intervention program is for students to gain accurate and fluent reading.

Texas Education Code (TEC) §38.003 defines dyslexia in the following way:
 

1. “Dyslexia” means a disorder of constitutional origin manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write, or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and sociocultural opportunity.
    
2. “Related disorders” include disorders similar to or related to dyslexia such as developmental auditory imperceptions, dysphasia, specific developmental dyslexia, developmental dysgraphia, and developmental spelling disability.

TEA Dyslexia Handbook  - 2021 Update

TEA Update Important Changes 

TEA Update Important Changes (Spanish Version) Actualización del manual de dislexia 2021

OISD Dyslexia Plan

Parent Education Program

International Dyslexia Assocation

Neuhaus

Parent Resources

Elementary Dyslexia Specialist                                                             JR/SR High Dyslexia Specialist                                   

Ginger Farrar                                                                                        Misty Strong

gfarrar@onalaskaisd.net                                                                      mstrong@onalaskaisd.net

936-646-1088                                                                                        936-646-1080