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Student Services

Academic Language Therapy Classes for Children 

Students between 2nd and 6th grades who are dyslexic and have been accepted for therapy attend the Learning Center's Academic Language Therapy classes five days a week for one hour each day in the afternoon, for approximately two years.  Classes run concurrently with the Austin Independent School District's school calendar. This service is provided at no cost to the student or the student's family and is covered through the generous support of the Austin area Scottish Rite Masons and other contributors. Students receive instruction in the Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia (Take Flight) curriculum. This curriculum was written by the Education Team at the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC) in Dallas, for use by academic language therapists with children seven years or older with developmental dyslexia. Please click here for an application.

The program helps to maintain students in regular educational programs and often allow them to avoid being qualified as learning disabled and placed in special education. This curriculum enables students with dyslexia to pass the TAKS and other high-stakes tests, often for the first time. Students who complete this course of instruction are more likely to maximize their potential in higher education. The National Institutes of Health have found that 35% of identified learning disabled individuals will encounter problems with the criminal justice system within five years of leaving high school either as a dropout or a "push out." The program helps lower the dropout rate and prevents students from failing a grade.

Summer "FUN"damentals Language Learning Camp

Does you child need help with reading?  Summer "FUN"daments Language Learning Camp is for 5,6, and 7 year olds showing signs of: Delayed oral language, Difficulty learning the alphabet, Weak decoding skills, Poor sound symbol recognition, and Inadequate volcabulary development.  The camp is also for 8 to 12 year olds who need on-going suport in: Reading and decoding skills, Comprehension and fluency, Vocabulary Development, Written Expression, and Spelling Strategies.  The camp is held in three sessions during the summer and each session is $325.  You can attend one, two, or all threee sessions.  Please submit $325 fee with your application by the designated deadline for registration.  Please click here for 5-7 year old application.  Click here for 8-12 year old application.

Pre-Flight:  An introduction for young students to Take Flight:  A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia. 

Early intervention for Kindergarden through 2nd graders at risk for or diagnosed with Dyslexia.  Developed by Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, this program is designed to introduce young students to the components of licteracy associated with future reading success.  It is appropriate for children who are struggling with early reading whether or not they will be enrolled in a Dyslexia Therapy program. 

Club Dyslexia:  A support group for children with Dyslexia

Club Dyslexia is to encourage coping, support and social skills for children with language-based disabilities; to help realize they are not the only ones who struggle to read; to help improve children's self-esteem and build on strengths; and to help childen learn to manage Dyslexia and advocate for themselves.  

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