Requirements For Training Programs

Sec. 403.106. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS. (a) For purposes of determining whether an applicant satisfies the training requirements for a license under this chapter, a multisensory structured language education training program completed by the applicant must: (1) be accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization; (2) have in writing defined goals and objectives, areas of authority, and policies and procedures; (3) have the appropriate financial and management resources to operate the training program, including a knowledgeable administrator and standard accounting and reporting procedures; (4) have a physical site, equipment, materials, supplies, and environment suitable for the training program; (5) have a sufficient number of instructional personnel who have completed the requirements for certification in multisensory structured language education; (6) have been reviewed by multisensory structured language education professionals who are not affiliated with the training program; (7) have developed and followed procedures to maintain and improve the quality of training provided by the program; (8) have provided direct instruction in the principles and in each element of multisensory structured language education for a minimum of: (A) 200 contact hours of course work for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia therapist license; and (B) 45 contact hours of course work for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia practitioner license; (9) have required training program participants to complete a program of supervised clinical experience in which the participants provided multisensory structured language education to students or adults, either individually or in small groups for a minimum of: (A) 700 hours for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia therapist license; and (B) 60 hours for training program participants who seek a licensed dyslexia practitioner license; (10) have required training program participants to demonstrate the application of multisensory structured language education principles of instruction by completing demonstration lessons observed by an instructor and followed by a conference with and a written report by the instructor; and (11) have provided instruction based on the Texas Education Agency publication "The Dyslexia Handbook: Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders (2007)," or a revised version of that publication approved by the department. (b) A training program must require a training program participant who seeks a licensed dyslexia practitioner license to have completed at least five demonstration lessons described by Subsection (a)(10) and a participant who seeks a licensed dyslexia therapist license to have completed at least 10 demonstration lessons. (c) The department shall determine whether a training program meets the requirements of this section. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1255 (H.B. 461), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 4007), Sec. 4.001, eff. September 1, 2017.