PARIS ISD

Paris ISD Dyslexia Program:

• 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 of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The curriculum was designed for use by academic language therapists 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 a “real world” learning. Take Flight contains five components of effective reading instruction: Phonemic awareness, Word strategies, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension.
• Reading by Design:  Reading by Design is a systematic, multisensory approach aligned with research-based practices for developing literacy.  This program was developed by ESC Region 4.

Parent Training Resource

Paris ISD Dyslexia teachers hosted a virtual parent training session in November 2021.  If you were unable to attend, or would like to review the information shared, please click the link below.  For additional questions, please feel free to contact your child’s Dyslexia teacher using the contact information below.

Click here to view the parent training session.

Paris ISD Dyslexia Teachers:

Dandria Clayton, Dyslexia Therapist, CALT, LDP (Currently Training)
Aikin Elementary and Crockett Intermediate
dandria.clayton@parisisd.net
903.737.7443 – Aikin
903.737.7450- Crockett

Traci Shoemake, Dyslexia Therapist, CALT, LDP
Crockett Intermediate School and Aikin Elementary
traci.robbins@parisisd.net
903.737.7450 – Crockett
903.737.7443- Aikin

Marsha Oats, Dyslexia Therapist, CALT, LDP
Justiss Elementary and Paris Jr. High School
marsha.oats@parisisd.net
903.737.7458 – Justiss
903.737.7434- Paris Jr. High

Kristi Garrett, Reading by Design
Justiss Elementary
kristi.garrett@parisisd.net
903.737.7458- Justiss

Kathy Kee, Reading by Design
Aikin Elementary
kathy.kee@parisisd.net
903.737.7443- Aikin Elementary

Resources:

• Brochure - English
• Brochure - Spanish
• Child Find
• SpEd Tex Parent Resources
• Talking Book Program 
  The Talking Book Program (TBP) provides free library services to qualifying Texans with visual, physical, or reading disabilities.

Dyslexia Handbooks

• Paris ISD Dyslexia Handbook – Revised 2019
• State Handbook - The Dyslexia Handbook, Revised 2018