• On April 8, 2015, the Alabama State Board of Education Dyslexia Resolution was unanimously adopted and set forth dyslexia amendments to the Alabama Administrative Code, defining dyslexia as a “learning challenge that is neurological in origin.” Dyslexia impacts the ability of students to develop solid literacy skills-reading, writing, and spelling-which are essential in all learning in school and beyond. Students who do not develop these foundational literacy skills are considered at risk. The Alabama Reading Initiative and the Dyslexia Advisory Council have developed the Dyslexia Resource Guide and other resources for schools, teachers, administrators and families to use in providing dyslexia-specific services and support for students in Alabama’s public schools. 

    Dyslexia Resolution

    Dyslexia Resource Guide

    Dyslexia FAQs

    Dyslexia Parent Awareness Session (ALSDE)

    What classroom strategies or accommodations can be implemented to support students exhibiting characteristics of dyslexia?

     

    The Alabama Dyslexia Resource Guide includes an entire section about classroom accommodations and strategies. A small sampling is listed below. These accommodations are critical to student success. The sampling includes, but is not limited to, the following: the use of assistive technologies, Clarifying or simplifying directions, highlighting essential information, developing reading guides, providing a copy of lecture notes as needed, using step by step instructions, and the use of graphic organizers. What intervention resources are available to support students exhibiting characteristics of dyslexia? Every school in our system has teachers trained to administer the dyslexia-specific screening assessments needed. We also have teachers in each school trained to implement a variety of dyslexia-specific interventions. In addition, all of our district reading coaches are trained to administer the dyslexia-specific screening assessment and to implement dyslexia-specific interventions. Dyslexia specific-resources available in our district are below: MindPlay S.P.I.R.E, Sonday System multisensory strategies, and Orton Gillingham trained reading coaches. Our district will have ongoing professional development about dyslexia specific-interventions.