Massachusetts
Dyslexia Screening Law
OCTOBER IS DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH AND THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO RAISE AWARENESS THAN the passage of this law to REQUIRE Dyslexia SCREENING.
LIKE SIMILAR LAWS FOR SCREENING VISION, and HEARING IN MASSACHUSETTS,
SCREENING BY SCHOOLS FOR DYSLEXIA WILL ENABLE EARLY IDENTIFICATION.
WHEN STUDENTS ARE SCREENED FOR KEY INDICATORS, INCLUDING PHONEMIC AWARENESS AND NAMING SPEED AT AN EARLY AGE, INTERVENTION CAN TARGET NEEDS BASED ON EXPLICIT SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION.
LIKE SIMILAR LAWS FOR SCREENING VISION, and HEARING IN MASSACHUSETTS,
SCREENING BY SCHOOLS FOR DYSLEXIA WILL ENABLE EARLY IDENTIFICATION.
WHEN STUDENTS ARE SCREENED FOR KEY INDICATORS, INCLUDING PHONEMIC AWARENESS AND NAMING SPEED AT AN EARLY AGE, INTERVENTION CAN TARGET NEEDS BASED ON EXPLICIT SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION.