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Subject: Re: test for assessing dyslexia

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Ann Turner (have tutored dyslexics since 1955)

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Date Posted: 08:57:41 07/25/12 Wed
In reply to: Mary Kwan 's message, "test for assessing dyslexia" on 20:33:05 05/02/12 Wed

I give the second and third graders in my school a word test. Isolated words so that the children can't hide behind their intelligence. The children who get the lowest scores in their class are the ones who need tutoring. They are usually at least borderline dyslexic (whether or not there is an overlap with having ADD or being a late bloomer.) I always include some nonsense words because the dyslexic children have trouble decoding them. The Woodcock-Johnson Word Identification and Word Attack tests provide this kind of test, except that my test is more extensive than either of these, and I don't waste time testing everything else.

As for teaching, I recommend mnemonics as well as the classic Orton/Gillingham methods. My website, with free materials I offer through email attachments, is www.mnemonicpictures.com. You might want to read the research by Ehri and Wilce on mnemonic pictures. I don't know why mnemonics aren't more widely recommended.

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Re: test for assessing dyslexia	Rowe Young Kaple	12:00:02 12/21/12 Fri