Dyslexia (Dallas, Plano, McKinney: public schools, association, education)

[almy]

[SIZE=3]My son who is 11 years old, has dyslexia. I was wondering if you knew of any good schools or tutors in the Plano/Allen/McKinney area to help kids with dyslexia? I am loosing faith in the public school system. Thank you.[/SIZE]

[august89]

Wylie and Allen Public Schools use Academic Language Therapists on their campuses and have very strong dyslexia programs. Wylie is known to be a leader in this area. Plano is not a good place for dyslexic students, though there have been improvements, the basis of the program is called Herman Reading program and it is not known to be a high quality program.


For tutors you want a Certified Academic Language Therapist, (ALT), they are highly trained in dyslexia instruction with a four year degree, plus an additional two years focusing on dyslexia education. They have a website, ALTA - Academic Language Therapy Association - Home
Also, for parent support we have a group in Plano, IDEAS -* Impacting Dyslexia Education Awareness and Support that has a great resource page.

Hope this helps, best of luck
M.

[FarNorthDallas]

My son attended this school SHELTON SCHOOL & EVALUATION CENTER which is near Hillcrest and Arapaho in Far North Dallas. It has 850 kids, plenty of whom that were from Plano. We were there 6 years and it's a Godsend.