Tex. Occ. Code Section 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.

Source: Section 403.106 — Requirements for Training Programs, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­403.­htm#403.­106 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 403.106’s source at texas​.gov