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Texas has a long history of supporting the fundamental skill of reading. This history includes a focus on early identification and intervention for students with dyslexia. This page includes resources to assist in identifying and providing services for students with dyslexia and related disorders in Texas schools.
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TEA Back to School Updates for Special Educators, Administrators, and Other Professionals

Several Commissioner of Education rules and a critical dyslexia State Board of Education (SBOE) rule were revised and became effective this summer. Make sure to review all of the revised rules referenced in this document, but here are some highlights:

The Dyslexia Handbook Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders (2024) Update

The Texas Dyslexia Handbook is developed and adopted into administrative rule by the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE). The SBOE requires that each district and open-enrollment charter school implement the SBOE’s strategies for screening, individualized evaluation, and techniques for treating dyslexia and related disorders through its approved “Dyslexia Handbook: Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders” [19 Texas Administrative Code 74.28]

SBOE Updates to §74.28

In effect as of June 30, 2024. At the April 12, 2024 State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting, the SBOE approved for second reading and final adoption changes to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 74.28. Included as a figure in 19 TAC 74.28 is the SBOE’s Dyslexia Handbook. The rule was filed in the Texas Register on June 1, which makes the rule and handbook effective on June 30, 2024. 

Overview of Special Education for Parents Form

Key Assessment Dates and Requirements for PK through 2nd grade - SY (2024-2025)

Texas Education Code Definition
"Dyslexia" means a disorder of constitutional origin manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write, or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and sociocultural opportunity.
"Related disorders" includes similar to or related to dyslexia such as developmental auditory imperception, dysphasia, specific developmental dyslexia, developmental dysgraphia, and developmental spelling disability. TEC §38.003(d)(1)-(2) (1995)
International Dyslexia Association Definition:
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge. Adopted by the IDA Board, November 12, 2002.
"For a dyslexic who does not yet know they are dyslexic, life is like a big high wall you never think you will be able to climb or get over. The moment you understand there is something called dyslexia, and there are ways of getting around the problem, the whole world opens up." Sir Jackie Stewart
Texas Dyslexia Handbook, (2024) Update

In effect as of June 30, 2024. At the April 12, 2024 State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting, the SBOE approved for second reading and final adoption changes to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 74.28. Included as a figure in 19 TAC 74.28 is the SBOE’s Dyslexia Handbook. The rule was filed in the Texas Register on June 1, which makes the rule and handbook effective on June 30, 2024. 

Dyslexia Handbook
Important Resources...
TEA Dyslexia and Related Disorders Website
Texas SPED Support Website

This website is a one stop shop for Special education:

  • tools/templates
  • videos
  • guidebooks
  • professional development courses

Accommodation Resources--State of Texas Assessment Program

Texas Dyslexia Academies
Dyslexia_Academies

The Texas Dyslexia Academies provide educators with foundational information about Dyslexia and Related Disorders, including the topics of Emergent Bilingual Considerations, Evaluations under IDEA, and Screening for Dyslexia. Checkout the academies to fulfill professional development needs.

  • All six updated TDAs will be offered annually, face-to-face at the ESC.
  • Updated TDAs are currently available asynchronously through TEALEARN. 
  • Search for a published course HERE
Dyslexia: A TEA Professional Learning course
Dyslexia Professional Learning Course

This course is designed for all school and district staff members across the state who serve students in kindergarten through grade 12. The purpose is to empower educators to serve and advocate for students with or at-risk for dyslexia.

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Audio Book Resources

Bookshare (opens external link in new window) is an accessible online library which has over 500,000 titles available to individuals with print disabilities. Through an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Bookshare offers free memberships to U.S. schools and qualifying U.S. students.

Learning Ally (opens external link in new window) - Learning Ally has 80,000 + human-narrated audio books available to individuals with print disabilities. The materials can be delivered through internet downloads and accessed using various mainstream and assistive technology devices. Through a contract with TEA, Learning Ally offers free memberships to Texas K-12 public and charter schools with qualifying students.

The Talking Book Program (TBP) provides free library services to qualifying Texans with visual, physical, or reading disabilities. TBP is part of the National Library Service to the Blind and Print Disabled, a program administered by the Library of Congress. The TBP collection consists of more than 100,000 titles, including hundreds of titles in Spanish, and some in French, German, Russian, and other languages. SB 2075 requires school districts to notify parents of the Talking Book Program.

Editable Audio Resources Document to share with families
Dyslexia PEIMS Coding
  • All Kinds of Minds by Mel Levine, M.D.
  • Basic Facts About Dyslexia & Other Reading Problems by Louisa Cook Moats, Karen E. Dakin
  • Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print—A Summary by Marilyn Jager Adams
  • Dyslexia, Fluency, and the Brain by Maryanne Wolf
  • Dyslexia: Theory and Practice of Instruction, Third Edition by Diana Brewster Clark, Joanna Kellog Uhry
  • English Isn’t Crazy! by Diana Handbury King
  • Helping Children Overcome L.D. by Gerome Rosner
  • Homework Without Tears: A Parent’s Guide for Motivating Children To Do Homework and To Succeed in School by Lee Canter, Lee Hausner
  • How Dyslexic Benny Became a Star: A Story of Hope for Dyslexic Children and Their Parents by Joe Griffith
  • Informed Instruction for Reading Success: Foundations for Teacher Preparation by The International Dyslexia Association
  • Josh: A Boy With Dyslexia by Caroline Janover
  • Keeping A Head in School: A Student’s Book about Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders by Mel Levine, M.D.
  • Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and AdHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution by Jonathan Mooney, David Cole
  • Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, 3rd Edition by Judith R. Birsh (Ed.)
  • My Name is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt
  • Overcoming Dyslexia, Second Edition, Completely Revised and Updated (2020) by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.
  • Parenting a Struggling Reader by Susan L. Hall, Louisa C. Moats
  • Proust and the Squid, The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
  • Reading Assessment: Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition by Melissa Lee Farrall
  • Reading David: A Mother and Son’s Journey Through the Labyrinth of Dyslexia by Lissa Weinstein, Ph.D.
  • Revealing Minds: Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners by Craig Pohlman
  • Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know & Ways to Help by Pricilla Vail
  • Speech to Print by Louisa C. Moats
  • Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Yearsby Susan L. Hall, Louisa C. Moats
  • The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki, M.D., Leslie Tonner
  • The Many Faces of Dyslexia by Margaret Byrd Rawson
  • The Misunderstood Child: Understanding and Coping with Your Child’s Learning Disabilityby Larry B. Silver, M.D.
  • The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
  • The Source for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia by Regina Richards
  • The Tuned-in, Turned-on Book about Learning Problems by Marnell Hayes
  • The Voice of Evidence in Reading Research by Peggy McCardle, Vinita Chhabra
  • The Worst Speller in Jr. High by Caroline Janover, Rosemary Wellner
  • “What’s Wrong with Me?” Learning Disabilities at Home and School by Regina Cicci
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