Turbo Start: A Dyslexia Curriculum for Newly Identified Students Training for Educators

What is Turbo Start?

Turbo Start: A Dyslexia Curriculum for Newly Identified Students with Dyslexia is a nine-week, evidence-based dyslexia intervention that can be used as part of a standard protocol dyslexia instruction program. The Turbo Start program provides a jump start for newly identified students with dyslexia who need comprehensive dyslexia intervention while awaiting placement in an intervention group. Turbo Start addresses five specific evidence-based components of reading intervention. Each component is taught developmentally, using a direct, systematic, cumulative, multisensory method of introduction and practice to meet the specific needs of newly identified students with dyslexia. Turbo Start is a complementary dyslexia instruction program, which provides comprehensive, intensive, evidence-based instruction for students who are identified off-cycle, and addresses characteristic weaknesses of students with dyslexia to support optimal growth once placed in a sequential reading intervention program.

Turbo Start was designed for:

- Newly identified individuals with dyslexia of all ages
- One-on-one or small group instruction (no more than six students)
- Use by a trained Take Flight Therapist or a school’s provider of dyslexia instruction
- Four days per week for 60 minutes per day or five days per week for 45 minutes per

Five Components of Effective Reading Instruction:

Turbo Start contains the five components of effective reading instruction identified by research from the National Reading Panel. Turbo Start addresses each component by:

- Phonemic Awareness – following established procedures for explicitly teaching the relationships between speech-sound production and spelling-sound patterns
- Phonics – providing a systematic approach for single-word decoding
- Fluency – using research-proven, directed practice in the repeated reading of words, phrases, and passages to help individuals read newly encountered text more fluently
- Vocabulary – featuring multiple word learning strategies (definitional, structural, contextual) and explicit teaching techniques with application in text
- Reading Comprehension – teaching individuals to explicitly use and articulate multiple comprehension strategies in narrative and expository text (i.e., cooperative learning, story structure, question generation and answering, summarization, and comprehension monitoring)

Key Features of Turbo Start:

- The Turbo Start program was developed for use as an off-cycle, drop-in dyslexia program.
- The content of Turbo Start is derived from principles of evidence-based dyslexia instruction and provides foundational training in five specific components of reading intervention.
- Turbo Start provides flexibility in the intervention timeline to prepare students to enter dyslexia services in a group setting with fidelity.

SOURCE: SCOTTISH RITE FOR CHILDREN, DALLAS, TEXAS

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Training Details

Who:

- TURBO START Training and TAKE FLIGHT Modifications Training are only offered to Take Flight Trained Therapists.
- Up to 4.45 CEUs are available through ALTA for therapists trained in Take Flight, while 7 CEUs are available for ALTA members who are not Take Flight-trained.

When:

- Friday, September 26, 2025 – Zoom
- Friday, October 24, 2025 – Zoom
- Friday, May 1, 2026 – Zoom
- The registration deadline is 10 days before the training date.
- This training may be cancelled if there is an insufficient number of registrants.

Training Agenda:

- 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. CST: TAKE FLIGHT Modifications Training for Take Flight-trained therapists
- 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST: – TURBO START Training for Take Flight-trained therapists
- 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CST: – TURBO START Training for any teacher trained in other dyslexia intervention programs
- Contact us for group rates or to schedule customized training dates.

steps to register

Step 1 – The Written Word Center for Dyslexia and Learning*

Fill out the Registration Form located at the bottom of this page.

- Once registration is received, The Written Word will issue an invoice for the TURBO START training fee.
- Additional TAKE FLIGHT Modifications training is available on the same day for a $50.00 training fee. This training will include suggestions and strategies for modifying the TAKE FLIGHT components of the lesson for students who need a more individualized program to meet their unique needs while still teaching with fidelity.
- To attend the TURBO START training, you must purchase the materials from Scottish Rite for Children. No additional materials are needed for the TAKE FLIGHT Modifications training.
- To register, please select one or both trainings.

Step 2 – Request an account from Scottish Rite for Children

If you do not have an account with Scottish Rite for Children (SRC), you must request an account. Click the button below to request an account. If you already have an account, click “Update Existing Account” to select the training you would like to receive, if it is not already in your ordering portal.

- After completing the request form, your account number will be sent within three business days via the email you provided. A username and password will be sent to you from adminupress@qg.com. You can then log in and complete your order.
- If you plan to purchase the curriculum with a school district purchase order, the account you request should be in the same name as the purchase order. The same applies if using a school credit card. Attach a tax-exempt form with the purchase order.
- If you plan to order the curriculum with your personal credit card, the new account should be in the same name as the credit card and the credit card billing address.

If the correct information is not received, dyslexia.curriculumtsrh.org will email you to request the missing information. If you do not respond, your account may be denied.

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Step 3 – Order materials from Scottish Rite for Children

The TURBO START Kit ($200) includes

- Teacher’s Guide
- ARD Cards
- IRD Cards
- ISD Cards
- Instant Word Cards
- W-Chart
- 7 Alphabet Strips
- Alphabet Deck

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Optional – Interactive Files ($50)

Step 4 – Ordering Additional Materials

The following materials are necessary for implementing the intervention. You can purchase them from the links provided.

- No-Glamour® Language Cards by Carolyn LoGiudice: click here to buy it.
- Upper-case plastic 3-dimensional blue letters. Item #101: click here to buy it.
- Please note that six additional trade books need to be purchased from a supplier of your choice.

Training fees are nonrefundable, but you will receive credit for future training. Please note that costs may vary, and credit card payments will incur a 4% processing fee.