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The International Dyslexia Association provides many tips for parents of children with Dyslexia. The activities they provide are simple things that can be performed at home. These include having your child read aloud, playing games that involve spelling, or using objects around the house to create words and spell them out. These are some of the various activities parents can use to help their child succeed with Dyslexia. The association also provides many reading tips, words of encouragement, and how to stay organized. Overall, they provide many helpful forms of advice that will keep your child engaged.

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Dyslexia is a learning disability that causes people to have difficulty reading, writing, and spelling. Dyslexia can occur in people of all different backgrounds and intellectual levels. While it may be difficult at first for anybody to overcome Dyslexia, there are many resources that can help your child be successful and continuously encourage their desire to learn.

What are the signs of Dyslexia?

Difficulty understanding what is heard

Having trouble seeing similarities and differences in letters and words

Avoiding activities that involve reading

Reading below the expected level for their age

Being able to read and write are important skills for children to master so they are able to express themselves through their language and culture. There are many programs and organizations that can help your child conquer this obstacle and display their literacy knowledge.

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Take Flight is a comprehensive intervention for students with Dyslexia. Through this program, students will learn all 44 sounds of the English language, 96 letter – sound correspondence rules and 87 affixes. The student will also be learning the spelling rules for base words and derivatives. The program takes place for 45 minutes a day, 5 days per week. Through Take Flight, your child will improve their reading, writing, and pronunciation skills, which will help them express their culture through literacy.

Key research findings on Take Flight include:

Students who complete Take Flight instruction show significant growth in all areas of reading skill.

Follow-up research with children who completed treatment indicates that students maintain the benefits of instruction on word reading skills and continue to improve in reading comprehension.

Take Flight is effective when used in schools by therapists with advanced training in remediation of students with dyslexia.

Students with the lowest reading skills acquire the strongest gains from Take Flight instruction.

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Oct 01, 2020 / Dyslexia & Learning Disorders

Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia is a curriculum written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children. Take Flight builds on the success of the three previous dyslexia intervention programs developed by institution: Alphabetic Phonics, the Dyslexia Training Program and TSRH Literacy Program.

The curriculum was designed for use by dyslexia therapists with children 7 years and older who have developmental dyslexia. The purpose was to enable students with dyslexia to achieve and maintain better word recognition, reading fluency, reading comprehension and aid in the transition from a therapy setting to 'real world' learning.

How is Take Flight Implemented?
Take Flight is designed for small group instruction (two to six students) for a minimum of 45 minutes per day, five days each week. Alternatively, the lessons can be taught for 60 minutes each day for four days a week. Take Flight includes 132 new learning days and 98 application days for a total of 230 days of direct instruction.

What is included in the Take Flight Program for Students?
Take Flight contains the five components of effective reading instruction supported by the National Reading Panel research meta-analysis and mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency and Reading Comprehension. With Take Flight, students will learn all 44 sounds of the English language, 96 letter - sound correspondence rules and 87 affixes. The student will also learn spelling rules for base words and derivatives. Practice opportunities are also provided that are designed to improve oral reading fluency. Finally, Take Flight introduces comprehension and vocabulary building strategies for both narrative and expository text in the context of oral reading exercises to prepare students for successful, independent reading.

Key research findings on Take Flight include:

Students who complete Take Flight instruction show significant growth in all areas of reading skill.

Follow-up research with children who completed treatment indicates that students maintain the benefits of instruction on word reading skills and continue to improve in reading comprehension.

Take Flight is effective when used in schools by therapists with advanced training in remediation of students with dyslexia.

Students with the lowest reading skills acquire the strongest gains from Take Flight instruction.

Recently, Scottish Rite for Children hosted a Take Flight Leadership Summit. There were 56 Take Flight instructors of therapists in attendance representing 24 training courses in eight states. Because of these courses, Take Flight is now used by dyslexia therapists in 29 states and three countries. Our team is now reaching over 12,000 new students with dyslexia each year.
Scottish Rite for Children also offers two supplemental programs:

Rite Flight: A Classroom Reading Rate Program was designed for use by classroom teachers, reading specialists and special education teachers with first through eighth grade students to help students increase their reading rate and fluency. It can be used as supplemental or intervention instruction for individuals, small groups or the whole classroom.

Rite Flight: A Classroom Comprehension Program may be integrated into a core reading program as a supplement to more completely address reading comprehension. It is designed for use by classroom teachers, reading specialists or special education teachers with first through eighth grade students as a tool for intensified comprehension intervention for struggling readers.

Learn more about the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders.

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Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia

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Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia is a curriculum written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children. Take Flight builds on the success of the three previous dyslexia intervention programs developed by institution: Alphabetic Phonics, the Dyslexia Training Program and TSRH Literacy Program.

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The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity advocates for children and adults with Dyslexia. They also provide many tools and resources for parents so they can help their children succeed. They also advocate for policies and programs that ensure individuals with dyslexia are diagnosed at an early age and receive the accommodations necessary to reach their full potential in school and throughout their lives. This organization provides countless forms of support that can help your child receive the help they need.

YCDC advocates for:

Widespread screening and diagnosis of dyslexia in all schools, particularly in low- and middle-income communities where parents can’t afford expensive testing and tutoring for their children. Such measures are currently all but nonexistent in public schools.

Teacher education programs that provide training in identifying and supporting dyslexic students.

Consistent use of the word dyslexia when identifying and supporting those with the disability. Many school districts resist naming dyslexia as a specific disability, making it harder to identify and help dyslexic kids.

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YCDC’s Advocacy Work We know a great deal about dyslexia, but that knowledge is not matched by a …

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The Learning Disability Resources Foundation explains how assistive technology can be very beneficial for students with learning disabilities. This foundation provides many articles on how to use AI tools to help with Dyslexia, along with how to understand Dyslexia as a whole. They also make it possible to find the best assistive technology that works for your child and your family system. The foundation supplies countless apps and websites to help with Dyslexia such as text-to-speech, audio books, organization systems, and more.

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LDRFA - Learning Disability Resources Foundation

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Inform, Educate, Embrace, and Succeed.Diagnosed with a learning disability? Take Action!LEARN MORECommunication = Connection Learn about available Assistive Technology to help you communicate, educate, and connect in the most resourceful way.LEARN MOREKnow the Laws = Know Your Legal RightsDo you have Dyslexia or ADHD?