Speaker Notes: Paula Williams, speech pathologist, dyslexia tutor and test administrator, ALIDA board member and retired from Madison County schools. Paula described the various multi-sensory approaches to dyslexia therapy.
Scottish Rite: is 230 lessons on video, DVD�s for second grade through age 14. The Scottish Rite Literacy Program is for ages 14 and above. Designed to be daily lessons for one hour and it is a two year program. The alphabet, reading, spelling are covered, and each lesson has new learning and a discovery period, along with a 10 minute language stimulation period where poems and other literature are read and discussed. One disadvantage to the Scottish Rite lessons is that schools might not be open minded to videotape lessons, but it is proven to work. Paula showed us a portion of a lesson to see how the teacher on tape teachers the students. A workbook is used with the lessons.
LANGUAGE!: is an entire language arts curriculum, designed for a 1-1 � hour reading block daily. Sentence structure, parts of speech, are big parts of the program. There is a Placement test for decoding, spelling and grammar. Paula demonstrated a lesson using cubes how to change words like cap to cab, mit to mat, emphasizing the sound of the letters. White boards for tracing letters and a magnetic white board with words is used.
Wilson: was developed in the 1980�s for older, non reading students starting in the 3rd grade. There is now a Wilson program called FUNDATIONS which is K, 1 & 2. There is a placement test and the program highlights reading, decoding, spelling, sight word dictation and nonsense words.
Paula told us that dyslexic kids need tutoring at least TWICE a week but THREE times a week is preferred.