LS023: Dyslexia - accessible reading route protocol

Implementation steps

1. Define the access route menu: text-to-speech, audiobooks, teacher-recorded reads, reading pens, and adapted print.
2. Teach students to use tools explicitly: pause, replay, note capture, and glossary use.
3. Standardise file availability so key texts are accessible in advance.
4. Build accountability so students still capture meaning through summary, questions, and retrieval.
5. Align classroom use with assessment access arrangements where appropriate.

Classroom routines

• Before reading, state purpose and three key questions to answer from the text.
• Chunk the text and capture one-sentence gist plus three key terms after each chunk.
• Use listen/read, then cover and recall for key definitions and explanations.
• Teach evidence finding so students locate the exact line that supports the answer.
• Finish with a short retrieval check without the text open.

Adaptation guidance

• For working memory barriers, use shorter chunks and more frequent checks.
• For attention difficulties, use headsets and clear time boxes.
• For visual overlap, ensure zoom and contrast options plus screen-reader compatibility where needed.
• Avoid over-reliance: keep a parallel reading-skill intervention where required.
• Keep curriculum challenge the same while adapting the route.

Staff language prompts

• Your job is not to read everything; it is to answer these three questions.
• Pause here. What did that paragraph mean in one sentence?
• Show me the evidence line that proves your answer.
• Now cover it. What can you recall without support?
• Use the access tool to get the meaning, then prove your answer with the exact evidence.

Impact checks

• Improved accuracy on text-based questions.
• Increased volume of curriculum content accessed.
• Reduced avoidance and fatigue during reading-heavy tasks.
• More consistent evidence capture from accessible texts.
• Track whether accessible routes increase completion of reading-heavy tasks without reducing comprehension quality.