Intensive Reading Intervention for Newly Identified Students
Turbo Start Training in Springfield, MO prepares educators and interventionists to deliver a short-term, evidence-based dyslexia intervention designed for students who have been newly identified with dyslexia.
Turbo Start is a nine-week structured literacy program that provides immediate, targeted support for struggling readers—especially those waiting to begin a longer-term intervention program.
What Is Turbo Start?
Turbo Start: A Dyslexia Curriculum for Newly Identified Students with Dyslexia is a research-based program developed by the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders.
This program is designed to:
- Provide intensive, early dyslexia intervention
- Address foundational reading skill gaps quickly
- Support students identified “off-cycle” before entering a full intervention program
- Build readiness for long-term structured literacy instruction
Turbo Start uses a direct, systematic, cumulative, and multisensory approach, aligned with the Orton-Gillingham method and best practices in dyslexia instruction.
What You’ll Learn in Turbo Start Training
This dyslexia intervention training equips educators with the tools to teach the five essential components of reading identified by the National Reading Panel:
Phonemic Awareness
Explicit instruction in the relationship between speech sounds and spelling patterns
Phonics
A structured, systematic approach to decoding words
Fluency
Guided, repeated reading practice to improve reading speed and accuracy
Vocabulary
Evidence-based strategies for word learning, including contextual and structural analysis
Reading Comprehension
Explicit instruction in comprehension strategies, including summarization, questioning, and understanding text structure
