Dyslexia Assessment

The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) lists dyslexia as an SLD. What does SLD represent?

• Special Learning Disability

• Skill Learning Disorder

• Specific Learning Disability

• Spelling Learning Disability

Dyslexia is primarily a problem in:

• Reading Comprehension.

• Reading and spelling words.

• Speech and oral language.

• Both A and B.

The most common subtype of dyslexia is:

• Phonological.

• Surface (auditory).

• Deep (visual).

• All the above.

Dyslexia is characterized by the following difficulties, except:

• Accurate and fluent word recognition.

• Poor spelling ability.

• Poor oral language ability.

• Poor decoding ability.

Dyslexia is prevalent in approximately what percentage of the population?

• Fewer than 3%.

• 5% to 10%

In readers with dyslexia, the ____________ system is slightly overactivated and the ____________ systems are underactivated. This is referred to as the neural signature for dyslexia.

Reading and comprehension are both challenging for students with dyslexia.

• True

• False

Students with dyslexia confuse letters with similar sounds.

• True

• False

Dyslexia is related to ethnic background or socio-economic conditions.

• True

• False

Students with dyslexia are often Autistic as well.

• True

• False