School districts may purchase a reading program or develop their own reading program for students with dyslexia and related disorders as long as the program is characterized by the descriptors found in The Dyslexia Handbook [19 TAC §74.28(c)].

Listed below are possible accommodations for the §504, or Admission, Review, Dismissal (ARD) Committee of Knowledgeable Persons to consider for a student with dyslexia. This is not an exclusive list.

International Dyslexia Association The most comprehensive Dyslexia website in the world

About Dyslexia and Reading Problems. Information regarding reading difficulties and Dyslexia

Dyslexia and the Brain: What Does Current Research Tell Us? Informative article from LD Online.Org

Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts A premier website for reading interventions and strategies from the University of Texas at Austin

Florida Center for Reading Research Another outstanding reading website from the Florida Center for Reading Research

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory A cognitive framework of reading

Adolescent Literacy Information on adolescent literacy--check the links on the left column for more information on essential components, instructional strategies and instructional leadership

Dysgraphia--Strategies for Dealing with Dysgraphia (Writing Difficulties) Dealing with handwriting difficulties