Educational Outreach
Educational Outreach
The Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders offers seminars to assist parents and educators in the understanding of dyslexia and the identification process within the public school setting in Special Education, and dyslexia interventions developed at Scottish Rite for Children.
For additional information regarding Center for Dyslexia events, please contact us at 214-559-7817, dyslexia.events@tsrh.org, or visit our News & Events page for currently available seminars and lectures.
For information on the Rite Flight or Take Flight curriculums or materials, please call 214-559-7800 or visit our Dyslexia Therapist Training page.
For information about Therapist Training, please call 214-559-7885 or visit our Dyslexia Therapist Training page.
Dyslexia Seminars
Scottish Rite for Children offers seminars for Texas educators who are responsible for administering tests and performance measures and/or using the results to identify students with dyslexia and recommend placement. The seminars are based upon the laws, procedures and guidelines governing Texas public schools. The available seminars are The Special Education Opportunity and Identification of Dyslexia in the Young Child.
Please visit our News & Events page for seminars currently available and to register to attend.
Please visit our News & Events page for seminars currently available and to register to attend.
The Special Education Opportunity
Scottish Rite for Children is offering a workshop for assessment professionals with graduate-level training and degrees in test administration and interpretation, including Educational Diagnosticians, Licensed Specialists in School Psychology, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Licensed Professional Counselors.
NOTE: No substitutions for registrants will be accepted without prior approval. Please call or email if you want to replace a registered person with another person.
The seminar will highlight:
NOTE: No substitutions for registrants will be accepted without prior approval. Please call or email if you want to replace a registered person with another person.
The seminar will highlight:
- Assessment data gathering that would suggest the need to consider dyslexia
- Test instruments and the decision‐making process to more specifically evaluate the core features of dyslexia within the context of a full and individual evaluation
- Student profiles that require more in‐depth interpretation due to complications such as AD/HD
- How to communicate dyslexia information to parents: responding to frequently asked questions.
Rite Flight: A Classroom Reading Rate Programand Rite Flight: A Classroom Comprehension Program are supplemental programs written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children. Rite Flight is not a comprehensive dyslexia intervention. Rite Flight: Rate and Rite Flight: Comprehension are designed to be a Tier II intervention for use by classroom teachers, reading specialists and special education teachers with first through eighth grade students within the framework of a Response to Intervention (RtI) model. Rite Flight can be used as a supplemental intervention for individuals, small groups or the entire classroom. Rite Flight can be used in conjunction with an existing dyslexia program to enhance fluency and comprehension instruction.
The Rite Flight Workshop addresses two important components identified by the National Reading Panel as needed for effective reading instruction – Reading Rate (Fluency) and Reading Comprehension.
The Rite Flight Workshop addresses two important components identified by the National Reading Panel as needed for effective reading instruction – Reading Rate (Fluency) and Reading Comprehension.
Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia
If you are a user in Take Flight, view our support portal for additional information. If you are having trouble connecting to this page, please call you training center for username and password
For more information: Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia.
The Take Flight Therapist Retraining seminar is held annually and is available to individuals who have gone through a two year academic Language Therapy program especially designed for students with dyslexia.
- A two-year curriculum written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders
- Contains the five components of effective reading instruction identified by research from the National Reading Panel
- Children with dyslexia seven years and older
- One-on-one or small group instruction (no more than 6 students)
- Use by a Certified Academic Language Therapist
- Instruction four days a week – sixty minutes per day for two years
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instruction five days a week - forty five minutes per day for two years
- Students that complete Take Flight instruction show significant growth in all areas of reading skill.
- Follow-up research on children who completed treatment indicates that students maintain the benefits of instruction on word reading skills and continue to improve in reading comprehension after one year.
If you are a user in Take Flight, view our support portal for additional information. If you are having trouble connecting to this page, please call you training center for username and password
For more information: Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia.
The Take Flight Therapist Retraining seminar is held annually and is available to individuals who have gone through a two year academic Language Therapy program especially designed for students with dyslexia.
The Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders offers a two-year Therapist Training program for certified Texas public school teachers. This comprehensive training is designed for teachers of students with dyslexia using proven intervention techniques and is accredited by the International Multisensory Structured Language Educational Council. Candidates for the training must be employed by a Texas public school, hold a valid Texas teaching certificate and have written support from their school district.
Graduates of the Therapist Training program are eligible to sit for The Alliance for Accreditation and Certification of Structured Language Education, Inc. certification exam at the therapy level. Twelve hours of graduate-level credit are offered through Midwestern State University.
To request an application for therapist training: Please send your name and home address, along with your school district name and address to therapist.training@tsrh.org or call (214) 559-7800 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7800. **Applications are e-mailed in November and due in March of each year.
General Program Information
To request an application for therapist training: Please send your name and home address, along with your school district name and address to therapist.training@tsrh.org or call (214) 559-7800 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7800. **Applications are e-mailed in November and due in March of each year.
Graduates of the Therapist Training program are eligible to sit for The Alliance for Accreditation and Certification of Structured Language Education, Inc. certification exam at the therapy level. Twelve hours of graduate-level credit are offered through Midwestern State University.
To request an application for therapist training: Please send your name and home address, along with your school district name and address to therapist.training@tsrh.org or call (214) 559-7800 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7800. **Applications are e-mailed in November and due in March of each year.
General Program Information
The course offers training in:
Length of the Program
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Brief description of the two years: Year One
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To request an application for therapist training: Please send your name and home address, along with your school district name and address to therapist.training@tsrh.org or call (214) 559-7800 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7800. **Applications are e-mailed in November and due in March of each year.
Topics in this series are offered by various experts in the Center for Dyslexia. Please go to our News & Events for currently available lectures.
Take Time to Read, a partnership between Scottish Rite for Children and the Grand Lodge of Texas, is a public awareness program that educates adults about the importance of reading to young children. The program began in 1999 and has helped Masons spread the word throughout Texas about the benefits of reading to children.
Take Time to Read & Scottish Rite Masons
Take Time to Read gives Masons the opportunity to demonstrate their care for the future of Texas children. Since the program’s inception, the hospital and the Grand Lodge have worked together to develop and distribute Take Time to Read materials to lodges at no charge. Masons use the materials, such as posters, brochures, bookmarks and a handbook about how to implement Take Time to Read activities, to educate their communities about Scottish Rite for Children.
Reading to Children
Reading experts agree that reading aloud to children may be one of the most important activities adults can do to prepare children for success in school. Reading aloud for as little as 10-20 minutes each day can provide tremendous benefits in helping children develop a better understanding and appreciation of language.
Benefits of reading to children include:
Benefits of reading to children include:
- Encouraging children’s imagination and inspiring creativity.
- Helping children develop good listening skills and expand their attention span.
- Preparing children for success in school.
- Helping children develop critical thinking skills.
- Creating a bond between adult and child.
- Take time to read to your child every day for at least 10 minutes.
- Establish a regular reading time.
- Make sure your special reading time isn’t interrupted. Your undivided attention is important to your child.
- Guide your child’s reading selection by choosing a variety of books you find appropriate. Allow your child to choose from this group.
- Talk about what you’re reading. Discuss the story to make sure your child understands the story and the words in the book.
Order Take Time to Read Materials
To order Take Time to Read materials, such as posters, brochures and bookmarks, please download and complete the interactive order form by clicking each box to insert text. Email the order form to taketimetoread@tsrh.org.