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mplioSpeech (Amplio), a digital platform developer that connects stu- dents, educators and therapists with advanced technologies to help students with special needs, has launched a digital Spanish- language dyslexia curriculum, Esperanza, developed by Dr. Elsa Crdenas-Hagan. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is offering Amplios digital intervention plat- form with the Esperanza curriculum to all 1,029 school districts at no cost. Earlier this year, Amplio and TEA launched an English- language dyslexia digital intervention plat- form utilizing the Multisensory Teaching
Through the Amplio platform we can further accelerate our mission of providing every bilingual child the opportunity to read and learn."
- Dr. Elsa Crdenas-Hagan, director of the Valley Speech Language and Learning Center and Amplio partner
Amplio Launches Esperanza,
the First Digital Spanish-Language Dyslexia Curriculum
out-of-the-box to help our students and edu- cators quickly recover this lost time. By addressing specific sounds, words and general reading concepts, interventionists can use Esperanza to provide differentiated and individualized therapy for Spanish-speaking or bilingual students with dyslexia. Utilizing advanced technologies such as artificial intel- ligence and natural language processing, the platform functions as an extension of the inter- ventionist by assessing student responses and providing visual and audio cues to support the lesson. Amplio recently piloted Esperanza in Ysleta and Crowley ISDs, directly impacting over 40 students with dyslexia. Dr. Elsa Crdenas-Hagan, director of the Valley Speech Language and Learning Center and Amplio partner, commented, It has always been my hope that all children have access to high-quality reading interventions. The demand for digital and online resources for students has dramatically increased. The Amplio platform allows the Esperanza Approach (MTA), developed by Margaret Taylor Smith, which is also available to all Texas school districts at no cost. Esperanza is the first Spanish-language dyslexia curricu- lum of its kind. We're excited to offer the first-ever digital Spanish-language dyslexia curriculum with Esperanza, which will help bilingual students gain native language literacy, said Dr. Yair Shapira, founder and CEO of Amplio. Amplio was designed for use in the class- room, during a lesson, as well as when remote instruction is needed, Dr. Shapira added. At a time when educators and parents are con- cerned with the tremendous toll of learning loss and the COVID slide, we must think Spanish literacy program to reach more stu- dents with the added benefit of highly-trained professionals who now have access to real- time data that informs and enhances literacy instruction. In May 2020, TEA approached Amplio to help address learning challenges faced by students in speech and language therapy programs due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the switch to remote at-home learning. Speech-language pathologists have access to Amplios platform and interact remotely with students to provide speech therapy required by each students individualized education pro- gram (IEP). More than 10,000 students have received services through Amplios platform, and the partnership has effectively allowed speech-language pathologists and interven- tionists to support large caseloads virtually, while also providing valuable documenting, monitoring and oversight services. For more information, visit ampliospeech.com.
Source: AmplioSpeech
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