2023 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.