Description
This screening test, which was standardized on a sample of 678
students in grades 1 through 8, allows you to detect and assess a child’s
specific reading difficulties due to dyslexia. The sight-word recognition
section is norm-referenced (reading standard scores). The encoding
section for visual recall of word orthography and the encoding section for
phonetic analysis are indicators to distinguish deficits in sight-word
recognition and spelling, i.e., dyseidetic ("visual”) dyslexia from that of
deficits in phonetic analysis for decoding of words, i.e., dysphonetic
("auditory”) dyslexia. The section on letter writing allows you to detect an
abnormal frequency of reversals, indicating dysnemkinetic ("motoric”)
dyslexia. Each of these three basic subtypes of dyslexia can be
identified and assessed as to severity (mild, moderate, or marked).
Combinations of the three allow for four mixed subtypes for a total of
seven subtypes.