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From our Community: Can Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Affect IQ Scores? My son got officially diagnosed with both dyslexia and dysgraphia this week. I suspected he would come back with the diagnosis. What surprised me a bit were his IQ scores. The scenario is a common one – one sibling is dyslexic while the other is not. The non-dyslexic student qualifies…
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…relationship between single word reading score and inferential question score suggests that individuals with poorer decoding skills have impaired reading comprehension. The relationship is unlikely to be direct, as the dyslexic participants’ success on the literal questions indicated that they could decode the words within the passage….” It is clear from these results that despite having single word reading scores…
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‘Dyslexic moments’ like in the BuzzFeed video with Becky and Corey may happen a lot depending on how significant dyslexia related challenges are. Besides car directions, there are little mistakes writing down phone numbers or addresses or jotting down notes. Supportive families know how to be flexible and roll with the unexpected. It’s not uncommon for people to wonder whether…
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… ONE POSSIBILITY VISUAL TRACKING AND “READING TOO FAST” Developmental optometrists have frequently identified visual tracking abnormalities and convergence insufficiency in school age dyslexic children. This does not mean that visual issues cause dyslexia – they just suggest that they may commonly be found in this group of child and therefore contribute to word or line skips. Students who feel…
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…school, but also for identifying opportunities for strength development and even promising career disciplines. Processing Speed Misconceptions Misconception: “It means I’m just slow.” Perhaps the most common misconception we’ve heard about Processing Speed from individuals with dyslexia is “It means that I’m just slow.” No it doesn’t. The processing speed issue are NOT global. Furthermore, there is a great deal…
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…students into the discussion. Students with word retrieval and naming difficulties will inevitably also have problems with writing tasks. It is not uncommon in the early grades to allow students double time or more if necessary to increase the likelihood that submitted work reflects knowledge. Are these additional language challenges in retrieving words the result of brain-based deficits or injured…
…be identified. The DSM V definition includes the adjective “persisting” to mean that the student will have difficulty catching up with classmates with a key feature of being “well below average for age” or average performance sustainable only through “extraordinarily high levels of support”. A criterion of -1.5 S.D. below age norms or a Standard Score of 78 is identified…
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…at what seems to be a well-organized program of remediation, and have your student signed up for it, progress may not be as orderly as hoped. A core part of the trouble trying to communicate what dyslexia may look like to those who are unfamiliar is that many existing definitions fall wide of the mark. Dyslexia is better understood as…
According to the answers given, your score test is between 45 to 60[br] UNLIKELY MILD-TO-MODERATE MODERATE-TO-SEVERE You are showing signs consistent with mild dyslexia* Research results: most of those who were in this category showed signs of being at least moderately dyslexic. However, a number of persons not previously diagnosed as dyslexic (though they could just be unrecognized and undiagnosed)…
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…and work achievements, may find their advance in schooling or job positions blocked because of trouble on multiple choice tests which may hold inappropriate sway on assessments and evaluation. Why? WHY MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTING IS A COMMON CHOICE FOR ASSESSMENT One of the reasons that multiple choice questions are so pervasive is that once written, a database of questions…
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…seem so quick with problem solving or other types of intellectual activity. It’s because problem solving by insight and analysis might be quite quick, but these perceptual slips happen more commonly, and need to be re-read and check on a second go-round. Some have speculated that difficulty achieving word-by-word accuracy may ultimate result in stronger meaning and inference, but even…
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…Today we know that for both, positive qualities like higher levels of creativity and ability can be associated as well as negatives, and researchers are only now beginning to take a more careful look at what these two designations imply. For those who don’t know, as a group, children with ADD / ADHD score lower on many tests of phonology…
