Va Dept. of Education - Dyslexia Activity

8/9/2019 Va Dept. of Education - Dyslexia Activity

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VDOE Dyslexia Activities

Current Initiatives

Guidelines - Virginia's Guidelines for Educating Students with Specic LearningDisabilities(PDF ! "he guidelines ser#e as resource for teachers and ad$inistrators

as the% address the educational needs of students with a specic learning disabilit%(LD& "hese guidelines oer an o#er#iew of best practices for educating indi#idualswith LD& Parents of children with LD $a% nd this docu$ent useful as well& D%sleiais addressed and instructional best practices are pro#ided& "he guidance docu$entwas posted to VD)E*s website )ctober +,.&

Accessible Instructional Materials of Virginia (AIM-VA)! Successful peoplewith d%sleia report using alternate print for$ats such as tet-to-speech softwareand d%na$ic technolog% enhance$ent features (digital enlarging/ highlighting/etc& to $a0e print $ore eas% to na#igate and to learn content/ si$ilar to optionsused b% people who are #isuall% i$paired&

VD)E directed 123-V1 to $ar0et the ser#ices on behalf of students with a

print disabilit% due to an 4organic d%sfunction5 (i&e&/ d%sleia/ $ini$al braind%sfunction/ etc&& VD)E is oering additional funds to school di#isions to rei$burse the$ for

the re6uired $edical certication costs for students to 6ualif% for theinstructional $aterials fro$ 123-V1&

VC !ecture on Dyslexia! VD)E sta attended the 7th1nnual 8uth 9arrisProfessorship lecture/ 4Si 3a:or 2ssues ;onfronting the Field of LearningDisabilities5 b% Dr& 9& Lee Swanson/


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trainer& 1pproi$atel% , teachers fro$ school i$pro#e$ent schoolsand ""1; sta ha#e recei#ed training& LETRS professionalde#elop$ent is based in the science of reading/ prepares educators todiagnose wh% so$e students fail to learn to read/ spell/ or write/ andpro#ides strategies and acti#ities that can be i$ple$entedi$$ediatel%&

D%sleiaEd httpBwww&d%sleiaed&co$- 1s a result of supporting theSpar0top asse$blies/ the VD)E purchased a state subscription for eachschool di#ision to ha#e unli$ited access to this new Hebsite& "his siteincludes inter#iews with successful students and adults with d%sleia/ whooer ad#ice to children and their parents& 1 $eeting was held (Februar% +I/+,7 for VD)E instruction/ special education/ teacher educationrepresentati#es/ and ""1; sta to introduce a teacher training seriesaddressing d%sleia de#eloped b% 8ob Langston/ D%sleiaEd*s ;E)'

1d#ocac% Groups - 3eetings ha#e occurred and are ongoing with pri#ateschool pro#iders/ professional ad#ocac% organi@ations/ and political actionad#ocac% groupsB

o ?ew ;o$$unit% Schoolo Virginia 2nternational D%sleia 1ssociationo Decoding D%sleiao Literate ?ation

AC or* +elated to Dyslexia ,""1;s ha#e sta with eperience and trainingin LD and reading who co$prise a networ0 led b% the VD)E LD specialist&

"he ""1; reading networ0 sta and the VD)E sta attended the LETRS(Language Essentials for "eachers of 8eading and Spelling training& VD)E is

eploring ha#ing selected ""1; sta beco$e certied trainers& 3ultisensor% and specic reading inter#entions are pro#ided as a result of

re6uests fro$ schools as part of their i$pro#e$ent plans& 1n ea$ple is$iddle schools wor0ing on structured$ultisensor% approach to s%llablet%pes/ $o#ing to $orpholog% (use of the Strategic 2nstruction 3odel 4S235Hord 3apping routine&

3ultisensor% Structured Language "eaching (3SL" series and articlesBo Februar%3arch +,. ?ewsletter 1rticle to 2ntroduce 3SL" Series

)nline !httpBeducation&w$&educentersttacresourcesarticlesteachtechni6ue$ultisensor%structuredlanguageinde&php

o 3a%June +,. ?ewsletter Supple$entar% 1rticle to 3SL8 (updated

and reprinted Septe$ber)ctober +,. ?ewsletter !httpBeducation&w$&educentersttacresourcesarticlesteachtechni6ueinstructionalse6uenceinde&php

Hebinar Series (KI registered users/ /+7 hits on this webinar series -3ultisensor% Structured Language 2nstruction and "eaching Series/httpBeducation&w$&educentersttacresourceswebinarlanguageinstructioninde&php

Librar% resources

D%sleia Crieng Paper (+= Page +
http://www.dyslexiaed.com/http://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/teachtechnique/multisensorystructuredlanguage/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/teachtechnique/multisensorystructuredlanguage/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/teachtechnique/instructionalsequence/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/teachtechnique/instructionalsequence/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/webinar/languageinstruction/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/webinar/languageinstruction/index.phphttp://www.dyslexiaed.com/http://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/teachtechnique/multisensorystructuredlanguage/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/teachtechnique/multisensorystructuredlanguage/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/teachtechnique/instructionalsequence/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/teachtechnique/instructionalsequence/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/webinar/languageinstruction/index.phphttp://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/webinar/languageinstruction/index.php


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3aintain resources and infor$ation fro$ 2D1 ?ational ;onference andVirginia Cranch of the 2nternational D%sleia 1ssociation&

Sta $e$ber trained in Hilson 8eading S%ste$ at Virginia "ech ""1;& Hilson8eading S%ste$ support is pro#ided to local school di#ision upon re6uest&Hilson 8eading S%ste$ pro#ides $ultisensor% structured language progra$sand strategies with delit% to successfull% teach reading and spelling to thetargeted student populations&"he )rton-Gillingha$ philosoph% of readinginstruction and phonological coding research for$ the basis of Hilson8eading S%ste$&

""1; sta :oined teachers participated in the )rton-Gillingha$ 1pproach to"eaching D%sleic ;hildren at 8i#erside School& "he course oers appliedpractice and $entoring/ and was reco$$ended b% the ad#ocac% groups/Decoding D%sleia and Literate ?ation& "his 7K hour )rton-Gillingha$introductor% course pro#ides participants with instruction in the basics of the)rton-Gillingha$ approach& "he )rton-Gillingha$ approach is a s%ste$atic/$ultisensor% and diagnosticprescripti#e approach to the teaching oflanguage s0ills including reading/ spelling and handwriting& "he course

includes the characteristics and needs of the d%sleic learner/ instruction inthe structure of the English language/ and instruction in designing andi$ple$enting lessons& (DatesB June ! Jul% ./ +,7 ;ostsB >,,/ plus >=,depositper participant

Proposed Initiatives

Virtual Course for eac#ersB Hor0ing with the ;o$$unit% ;ollege Hor0force1lliance/ VD)E is planning to pro#ide leadership and support for/ a #irtualblendedcourse for continuing education units (;E

Documents

Va Dept. of Education - Dyslexia Activity