texasdyslexiacenter.com

What It Is

Texas Dyslexia Center is a professional dyslexia services organization based in Texas, USA. It is positioned as a private center that connects dyslexia, dysgraphia, and educational practice. Its services are aimed not only at students and families, but also at schools, teachers, and education professionals who want to become dyslexia therapists.

Core Offerings

On the training side, the focus is Dyslexia Therapist Training, which provides multisensory, structured language education training. It uses the two-year “Take Flight” curriculum developed by the Luke Waites Center at Scottish Rite for Children. The content covers phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, spelling, handwriting, progress monitoring, parent and teacher lectures, dyslexia-related laws, and more. In addition to training, the organization also offers one-on-one virtual dyslexia therapy, services that can be delivered at a student’s school, comprehensive evaluations, independent educational evaluations, re-evaluations, as well as professional development and curriculum training for schools.

Certification and Faculty

The training is clearly aligned with the ALTA certification pathway: after completing therapist-level training and passing the ALTA Competency Exam, those with a master’s degree can obtain CALT certification; those without a master’s degree can become a CALT-Candidate and have five years to complete the master’s degree requirement. Founder Dr. Jacqueline Valadez has a PhD, LDT, and CALT-QI background, along with more than 35 years of experience in education, higher education, school systems, dyslexia assessment, and therapist training. This is the organization’s strongest source of credibility.

Pricing

The website does not disclose prices for training, evaluations, therapy, or consulting, nor does it explain payment methods, refund policies, or specific course start dates. Users need to inquire by phone or email, so transparency is average.

Pros and Cons

The strengths are its strong specialization, solid faculty credentials, clear curriculum and certification pathway, and coverage of training, evaluation, therapy, and school consulting services. The drawbacks are that the website contains a fair amount of repeated information and some placeholder text; key decision-making details such as pricing, scheduling, online delivery ratio, and service coverage are insufficient. Its content is clearly based on the U.S.—especially Texas—legal and certification environment, so its transferability for international users is limited.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is better suited to U.S. school professionals, teachers seeking a CALT/LDT pathway, and families needing English-language dyslexia assessment or intervention. Chinese users may find it useful as a reference for special education theory, but if they are seeking local certification or application in Chinese-language contexts, they should carefully verify its suitability. The text does not provide information about access from mainland China, so this remains unknown.