TX Occ Code § 403.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle G - Professions Related to Hearing, Speech, and Dyslexia|Chapter 403 - Licensed Dyslexia Practitioners and Licensed Dyslexia Therapists|Subchapter C. License Requirements|Section 403.106. 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.|