What is Take Flight?
A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia is a curriculum written by the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children.
With virtual dyslexia therapy using Take Flight, students will learn all 44 sounds of the English language, 96 letter–sound correspondence rules, and 87 affixes. The students will also learn spelling rules for base words and derivatives. Practice opportunities are also provided to improve oral reading fluency. Finally, Take Flight introduces comprehension and vocabulary-building strategies for both narrative and expository texts in the context of oral reading exercises, preparing students for successful, independent reading.
Key Research Findings on Take Flight include:
- Students with the lowest reading skills acquire the most substantial gains from Take Flight instruction.
- Take Flight is effective when used by therapists with advanced training in remediation of students with dyslexia.
- Students who complete Take Flight instruction show significant growth in all areas of reading.
- Follow-up research with children who completed treatment indicates that students maintain the benefits of instruction on word reading skills and continue to improve in reading comprehension.