Must See a Neurologist

 

I have handed my Vistana Heights matters to my solicitor. Now, I am available to continue with this blog which I have neglected for quite a while.

Here is a post by my mentor Dr. Richard Selznick.

 

Even though schools will tell parents that they need to see a neurologist to diagnose dyslexia, the following are essentials that must be considered in an assessment:

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• Reading aloud from a graded word list to determine word identification skills and how automatically the words are read.
• Reading real and nonsense words in isolation under timed conditions.
• Reading passages orally at specific grade levels to determine reading rate, accuracy, and fluency.
• Spelling of real and nonsense words.
• Writing of a paragraph.
• Screening of phonological processing competence, including phonemic awareness and measures of rapid naming.
• Perceptual screening, including the copying of a series of increasingly difficult geometric designs.
• Screening of language functions.

Are you aware of any neurologists who are doing this type of assessment?

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It’s simply not in their purview.

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Then why do schools continue to insist upon this?

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