The Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Schools Office administers the Blessed Margaret of Castillo REACH Program. Through this program, St. George Catholic School offers Dyslexia Support Services for small groups of 2-3 students for approximately 120 minutes a week.
The Lab Services Program is a division of the Department of Special Education that focuses on dyslexia therapy and reading intervention. Students who are currently enrolled at their school and either have a diagnosis of dyslexia or are recommended by the school administration due to struggles in reading can apply for Lab Services.
Lab services are designed to meet students where they are by first identifying deficits through diagnostic assessment and then by using strategies appropriate to the students as individuals (to include learning style) rather than a program that we “plug” students into. The intervention program is driven by Orton Gillingham that supports a multi-sensory approach. Phonics and reading fluency is explicitly taught to each student, and each student works at his own pace.
Learning styles are considered, but the services are generally multi-sensory as part of a best-practice model in addition to having qualified and caring staff and ongoing collaboration with classroom teachers.
Initial and periodic goal meetings are conducted where assessment data is interpreted and progress data is reviewed.
Find more details and the application for lab services HERE.