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CURRICULUM DESIGN: |
EHB |
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS |
(LEGAL) |
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In accordance with a program approved
by the State Board of Education, enrolled students shall be tested for
dyslexia and related disorders at appropriate times and any student
determined to have dyslexia or a related disorder shall be provided with
treatment. |
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IDENTIFICATION |
Screening should be done only by
individuals who are trained to assess students for dyslexia and related
disorders. The District shall have a program for early identification,
intervention, and support for students with dyslexia and related disorders.
Each school shall provide each identified student access at his or her campus
to the services of a teacher trained in dyslexia and related disorders. The
District may, with the approval of each student's parents or guardians, offer
additional services at a centralized location, but centralized services shall
not preclude each student from receiving services at his or her campus. The
Board shall ensure that procedures for providing appropriate instructional
services to such students are implemented in the District. |
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NOTICE TO PARENTS |
Before an identification or assessment
procedure is used selectively with an individual student, the District shall
notify the student's parent or guardian or another person standing in
parental relation to the student. The District shall inform parents and
guardians of students eligible under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section
504 [see FB] of all services and options available to the student under that
statute. |
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PARENT EDUCATION |
The District may provide a parent education program for parents
and guardians of students with dyslexia and related disorders. This program
should include awareness of characteristics of dyslexia and related
disorders; information on testing and diagnosis of dyslexia; information on
effective strategies for teaching dyslexic students; and awareness of
information on modifications; especially modifications allowed on
standardized testing. Before any identification or assessment procedures are
used selectively with an individual student, the District shall notify the
student's parent, guardian, or other person standing in parental relation to
the student. |
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READING PROGRAM |
The District may purchase a reading
program or develop its own reading program. Teachers who screen and treat
these students must be trained in instructional strategies that utilize
individualized, intensive, multisensory, phonetic
methods and a variety of writing and spelling components in the State Board
dyslexia guidelines and in the professional development activities specified
by the District- and/or campus-level committees. Education Code
38.003; 19 TAC 74.28 |
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UPDATE
52 |
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EHB
(LEGAL)—P |
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