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SEA 217 - Dyslexia Report

SEA 217 - Dyslexia Report

2022-2023 - West Elementary Characteristics of Dyslexia data:

  • 183 students were administered the universal screener
  • 35 students were determined to be "at-risk" or "at some risk" to have characteristics of dyslexia
  • 20+ students received the dyslexia intervention during the previous school year

Dyslexia Intervention programs: Roxie Reading, Orton-Gillingham, HELPS Reading Program, Heggerty Phonological & Phonemic Awareness, and Activities from the Florida Center for Reading Research.

Dyslexia Resources

According to Senate Enrolled Act 217: Beginning the 2019-2020 school year ALL kindergarten through second-grade students will be given an Indiana Department of Education approved Universal Screener to assess for characteristics of dyslexia. The universal screener does not identify dyslexia, only the areas of weakness in phonological and phonemic awareness, sound-symbol recognition, alphabet knowledge, decoding skills, rapid naming skills, and encoding skills.