| Do you have a child who is in first grade who | | | | dyslexia and mixed dypsonetic/dyseidetic. |
| receives special education services but is already | | | | Dysphonetic dyslexia means auditory dyslexia and |
| struggling with reading? Have you been told by | | | | Dyseidetic means visual dyslexia, and mixed |
| special education personnel that you are worrying | | | | dypsonetic/dyseidetic means both. Another article |
| too soon, and that your child does not have | | | | stated that this test is also used to provide |
| dyslexia? Many school districts have a very | | | | guidelines for the remediation of all subtypes of |
| narrow view of dyslexia which is harming many | | | | dyslexia. This would be extremely helpful to |
| children all over the USA! This article will discuss | | | | parents and special education personnel. |
| definition of Dyslexia as well as a tool called the | | | | As part of a comprehensive psychological |
| Boder Test of Reading Spelling Patterns; that may | | | | evaluation the Boder test is helpful in determining |
| be used as part of an evaluation, to determine if | | | | if a child has dyslexia. A standardized achievement |
| your child has dyslexia. | | | | test like the Weschler Individual Achievement |
| The International Dyslezia Association defines | | | | Test including the reading comprehension subtest, |
| dyslexia as: A specific learning disability that is | | | | requires that the child engage in higher level |
| neurological in origin. It is characterized by | | | | comprehension, which could also show difficulties in |
| difficulties with accurate and/or fluent work | | | | reading. Also testing in the areas of: Speech |
| recognition and by poor spelling and decoding | | | | Language (receptive and expressive), visual and |
| abilities. These difficulties typically result from a | | | | auditory perception, sensory integration, visual |
| deficit in the phonological component of language | | | | spatial, visual motor integration, occupational |
| that is often unexpected in relation to other | | | | therapy, phonological awareness, phonological |
| cognitive abilities, and the provision of effective | | | | memory, rapid naming, work finding ability, |
| classroom instruction. | | | | nonsense word ability, reading comprehension, |
| Many school districts do not define dyslexia this | | | | spelling and written expression will be needed. |
| way, and many children go undiagnosed, which | | | | All of this information can be used by the IEP |
| harms children. Why is this harmful? Because | | | | team to help determine if your child has dyslexia, |
| children are not able to get the special education | | | | and determine type of remediation given. |
| services they need for their dyslexia, if they are | | | | Research has shown that children with dyslexia |
| not diagnosed properly. | | | | need a multisensory reading and spelling program |
| A tool developed in the 1980's called the Boder | | | | that uses a synthetic code emphasis approach. A |
| Test of Reading Spelling Patterns was designed to | | | | few names of these types of programs are: |
| specifically aid in the diagnosis of dyslexia. The | | | | Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, and Lindamood Bell, |
| test is recommended to be included as part of a | | | | though you may find more by using a search |
| comprehensive (psychological) educational | | | | engine such as Google. |
| evaluation. | | | | Recommend this test to your school district as |
| The test was developed to differentiate between | | | | well as testing in the areas recommended above. |
| the four subtypes of reading problems; one | | | | You will well be on your way to helping your child |
| unspecific reading disability and to classify the | | | | learn to read and enriching the rest of their life. |
| three types of dyslexia. The three types of | | | | Good Luck! |
| dyslexia are called: dysphonetic dyslexia, dyseidetic | | | | |