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Using the Reading Screening Summary of Assessment Report
It is hoped that the Summary of Assessment Report provided at the end of the Reading Screening will be used to help your child become a better reader.
First, the report can be used to inform others of your child, student, or client's reading ability. The report can be used to as a first step to determine if an official diagnosis of reading disability or dyslexia should be made. The Reading Screening is not, in itself, to be considered an official diagnosis of reading disability or dyslexia. A school psychologist or other qualified individual from your school system or district or other qualified professional will make the official diagnosis. He or she will be using a combination of intelligence test and psycho-educational assessment. The Reading Screening; however, was specifically designed to assess the most important skills involved in acquiring and further developing reading skills. As such, the results are specific to reading and provide a more comprehensive assessment of phonological processing and reading skills than most other general tests.
Second, you can match the performance difficulty or difficulties identified in the Reading Screening to interventions outlined in this web site. Children who have reading difficulties will have them expressed in a number of different ways. Young children just beginning to learn to read might have a fairly difficult time learning the letter names and sounds. This is an outgrowth of the phonological processing difficulties. Older children may have serious difficulties with comprehending text that has its root in poor phonological processing abilities. It is hoped, that in either case, you will find this site useful in your pursuit of helping your child, student, or client become a better reader.
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