Turbo Start Training

Turbo Start: A Dyslexia Curriculum for Newly Identified Students with Dyslexia

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 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.

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 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
The Turbo Start Intervention Kit costs $200 and will be purchased through the Scottish Rite for Children (SRC) online portal. After registration and payment for the training are received, instructions to purchase materials from SRC will be emailed. The purchase of a kit is required to attend the BUILD training.
The Turbo Start training fee to SCDL is $75, paid in check or by credit card payment if requested. Future events are listed below, click the link to register:
 
July 18, 2025: Virtual Training, Deadline July 4th.
August 6, 2025: In Person Training, Deadline July 23rd.