Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia is the program of instruction Union Hill provides.
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 of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC). The curriculum was designed for use by academic language therapists with children 7 years and older who have developmental dyslexia. It was developed to enable students with dyslexia to achieve and maintain better word recognition, reading fluency, reading comprehension and aid in the transition from a therapy setting to "real world" learning.
Take Flight contains the five components of effective reading instruction supported by the National Reading Panel research meta-analysis and mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act:
- Phonemic Awareness
- Phonic Skills
- Vocabulary
- Fluency
- Reading Comprehension
Take Flight is designed for small group instruction (four-six students) for a minimum of 45 minutes per day, five days each week. Take Flight includes 132 lessons for a total of 230 hours of direct instruction.