Texas Education Code 28.06 - CORRECT ANSWER-State law
Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems
Each district has to notify parents and provide instruction
SBOE - CORRECT ANSWER-State Board of Education
Rehabilitation Act of 1973/504 - CORRECT ANSWER-Federal law
Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$
Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the
workplace
Does not provide funding but can without federal funding
Public schools receive federal funding so law applies
Adolf Kusmaul - CORRECT ANSWER-1877- first to use the term "word blindness"
Frank Smith - CORRECT ANSWER-Whole language - founder of whole language
concept
James Hinshelwood - CORRECT ANSWER-1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital
word blindness
called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching
of those that were identified with congenital word blindness
Keith Stanovich - CORRECT ANSWER-His research in the field of reading was
fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is,
how it works and what it does for the mind
IDEA - CORRECT ANSWER-Individuals with Disabilities Act
IEP - CORRECT ANSWER-Individualized Education Plan
Texas Administrataive Code 74.28 - CORRECT ANSWER-State Board of Education
Rule
District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district.
District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia.
SBOE does not recommend programs.
SBOE does provide guidelines and descriptors.