The Scottish Rite Foundation of Alabama, Inc. Learning Centers is offering to provide to each public school system in Alabama a free copy of the videotaped lessons which comprise the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Literacy Program.  School systems wishing to receive these valuable materials should contact us to schedule needed teacher training and orientation prior to requesting of these materials.  This training will be provided without charge to the school system.

The Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Literacy Program (LP) was developed by the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas.  LP is an innovative, instructional videotape series developed specifically for high school students and adults.  This linguistic curriculum is systematic, sequential, and cumulative. The students are instructed by an Academic Language Therapist who is the instructor on the videotapes.  There are 160 one-hour videotaped lessons designed to be completed in one school year.

The multi-sensory lessons are designed to teach:

1. 1.alphabet and dictionary skills
   

2. 2.multi-sensory introduction of new leaning
   

3. 3.reading
   

4. 4.handwriting
   

5. 5.spelling
   

6. 6.listening and reading comprehension
   

TheTexas Scottish Rite Hospital Literacy Program is designed for students who may not be reading for a number of reasons, including lack of opportunity and dyslexia.

The Literacy Program was designed for:
    * students age 14 and older
    * students with average or above average intelligence (an IQ

        of 90 or above)
    * adults who wish to improve their reading skills

Students work with the hour-long lesson tapes in a class of no more than ten.  A team teacher in the students' classroom works with the students, providing encouragement and monitoring each student's active participation in lesson components.  Minimal training is needed by the team teacher.

Workbooks and other materials needed to implement this program may be ordered from Educator Publishing Service at 1-800-225-5750.