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Is my Child at Risk for Dyslexia?

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Perhaps you have been wondering about your child’s reading progress… Or maybe you want to know if your child is at risk for dyslexia due to dyslexia running in your family?  Or what if you have tried to convince your child’s teacher about your concerns and now you just don’t want to wait any longer for the school to take action?

Children with dyslexia most often have difficulties with phonological awareness, verbal memory, and verbal processing speed. Dyslexia occurs across the range of intellectual abilities and can therefore affect anyone. Some children with dyslexia may also experience difficulties in language learning, motor coordination, mental calculation, concentration, and personal organization.

How STG defines Dyslexia

What Dyslexia actually is

Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling.

Children with dyslexia most often have difficulties with phonological awareness, verbal memory, and verbal processing speed. Dyslexia occurs across the range of intellectual abilities and can therefore affect anyone. Some children with dyslexia may also experience difficulties in language learning, motor coordination, mental calculation, concentration, and personal organization.

Symptomology

Common Symptoms of Dyslexia

Not all children with dyslexia are affected in the same way. Some may have mild problems, while others will have more profound difficulties across more than one area. Below are some common difficulties

  • Poor written work despite great spoken language
  • Messy work with many crossings out and words tried several times
  • Spells a word several different ways in one piece of writing
  • Confused by letters which look similar, particularly b/d, p/g, p/q, n/u, m/w
  • Slow reading progress
  • Unusual pronunciation of words
  • Misses out words when reading, or adds extra words
  • Fails to recognize familiar words
  • Finds it difficult to blend letters together
  • Confusion with place value e.g. units, tens, hundreds
  • Confused by symbols such as + and x signs
  • Difficulty remembering anything in a sequential order, e.g. tables, days of the week, the alphabet
  • Messy printing of numbers
  • Confused by the difference between left and right, up and down, east and west
  • Uses work avoidance tactics, such as sharpening pencils and looking for books
  • Is excessively tired due to amount of concentration and effort required
  • Confused by the difference between left and right, up and down

Have you noticed these Strengths?

Many children with dyslexia excel in some areas of their development and learning, including:

  • Good visual-spatial awareness
  • Good verbal communication skills;
  • High levels of motivation and persistence.
  • Lateral thinking skills
  • Creativity
  • Visualizing things
  • Practical problem solving
  • Being able to see the big picture (global thinkers)

STG Dyslexia Screening

The STG Dyslexia Screening helps families determine whether their child is at risk for developmental dyslexia. This screening is also included in the STG Assessment of Learning (a comprehensive process to determine if a child has a specific learning disability such as dyslexia).

  • Official Standardized Assessment for Dyslexia Screening.
  • Objective information about your child's performance.
  • Not machine-made, all information is processed by professionals.
  • No waiting List and results available at the end of the appointment.

STG uses the only research-based standardized assessment for remote administration to determine if your child. It does not take long, your child’s participation is about 15 minutes.

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