Multisensory Structured Language (MSL) Intervention

The Dyslexia Screening and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program (Pilot) is a program that aims to establish methods for identifying students at risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia, and providing appropriate supports to these students to improve future reading outcomes and reduce the need for special education in later grades. The Pilot includes a classroom program that provides professional development for classroom teachers on phonics and phonological awareness, and a multisensory structured language (MSL) intervention for students who qualify based on their winter Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) scores. The MSL intervention is typically Orton-Gillingham (OG), implemented by trained interventionists, with a target dosage of 30 hours by the end of kindergarten and a total of 100 hours by the end of first grade.