The reason I ask is because I asked the child psychologist who
evaluated my dd to also do a dyslexia screening. Well, during our
discussion of his findings there were several areas of wide ranges of
scores. There’s a 20 point swing in her non-verbal and verbal part
of her IQ which made it drop. He said that is just odd and he didn’t
have the answers. To me, there is something causing that. Twenty
point difference? Which also happens to make her overall IQ drop so
she doesn’t seem to have a LD?? Anyway, he didn’t have
any “diagnosis” but says her main problem lies in her ability to
read. He says she is a very visual learner. Her scores were also
very low with phonological memory, so he’s sending us to a language
pathologist to check for receptive language deficit and expressive
language deficit and possibly auditory processing disorder. Well,
when I asked him about the dyslexia screening as there were no scores
on his print out he just said “nope, I didn’t see her write anything
backwards” That’s it??!!! I don’t see her writing things backwards
but her vision therapist says she seems to see letters/numbers
backwards and NO that’s not the only sign of dyslexia. I just wonder
if he really gave her the dyslexia screening? I’m thinking of
finding someone else to do it. Any suggestions? I don’t think I can
use the school as an option as they are now communicating. We do
have a Scottish Rites local, do they do dyslexia screenings? We are
finding nothing, but her scores are causing everyone to wonder what
is going on. I just want to rule out everything!!
Thanks,
Christi
Re: What types of questions are on a dyslexia screening?
Hi Christi,
I must say that any psychologist who thinks that all Dyslexics ‘write backwards’, has no understanding of Learning Difficulties.
Though I just read through your previous posts, where it seems that Auditory Processing Disorder could be the real issue.
Which you really need to rule in or out, or else you could be dealing with the ‘symptoms’ rather than cause?
Where for example, dyslexia is often a symptom of APD.
Which needs to be addressed, in terms of APD and not the broader Dyslexia.
Though you need to get an evaluation by an Audiologist who is able to test for APD.
Which not all Audiologists can do.
Geoff,
A 20 point difference between verbal and non-verbal IQ scores are indicative of an LD. You don’t see that kind of spread in people who have no LD. If you want more thorough testing, I suggest seeing a Neuropsychologist, not just a psychologist. I would also not focus on the “dyslexia” aspect but understand that there are a lot of LDs with similar symptoms. Seeing a SLP is a great idea, too.