THE JAMES PHILLIPS WILLIAMS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

Programs: Tutoring - in addition to the teacher training at the foundation, we offer parent/student advocacy and private therapy sessions of language therapy offered by an academic language therapist. The parent/student advocacy program is available upon request of the parent. When requested, the jpw learning center staff attend the meetings where the student is accepted as a dyslexic student in a public school. Our staff ensures that the student is getting the services needed for that student to be successful. The private therapy sessions take place after school (for students who do not receive dyslexic services in their schools) and throughout the summer months. This summer we will have around 40 children attending the summer program with 9 teachers working on a daily basis with each child. While these sessions take place at our training center building, we also work with approximately 20 school districts across west central texas.

teacher training - the foundation trains teachers in the curriculum "take flight: a comprehensive intervention for dyslexic students". This is a two year program which consists of 6 workshops, a 20 hour practicum, 700 hours of tutoring & 10 live or taped demonstration videos of the program in various levels of instruction throughout the 2 year period. Teachers become certified as an academic language therapist or recognition as an academic language teacher. Also, multisensory math instruction for teachers is available to help students struggling with dyscalculia.

training materials - the foundation utilizes the training program developed by texas scottish rite hospital in dallas, texas. The foundation is 1 of 9 centers in texas that offer this program. Trainees who enroll in the program have the option of applying to graduate school through angelo state university or midwestern state university's graduate programs.

speakers/programs - renowned speakers have been brought to san angelo to address teachers, parents & the general public on various aspects of dyslexia & other learning differences. This is currently being done through the dyslexic institute with education service center region xv

diagnostic testing - the foundation offers diagnostic testing to individuals in need of an independent identification of the possible presence of a learning disability. The woodcock johnson iii, the competency test of phonological processing & the gray oral reading test are administered by qualified professionals. The foundation has trained approximately 447 teachers & it is estimated that over 15,250 students have benefitted annually in some way from that training.