Dyslexia Services

All students in kindergarten and first grade are screened to see if they are risk for dyslexia, and at-risk students are given a full evaluation. Students in seventh grade who failed the sixth grade reading STAAR and have not been evaluated will be screened for dyslexia or other reading disorders. Parents of at-risk students will be notified, and a dyslexia evaluation may be requested by a parent at any time.

Sherman ISD offers dyslexia services on all campuses to all students who meet eligibility criteria. Students with dyslexia will be served by a trained teacher with a program that includes evidence-based components of phonological awareness, sound-symbol association, syllabication, orthography, morphology, syntax, reading comprehension and fluency. Students with dyslexia will also be given appropriate instructional accommodations in order to be successful throughout their academic career.

For questions regarding dyslexia services, please start with:

1. Your child's classroom teacher, when the concern involves classroom implementation
2. Campus Dyslexia Coordinator
3. Campus administrator
4. District Dyslexia staff