DYSLEXIA SCREENING

READING FAILURE IS ACADEMICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY TRAUMATIC FOR ANY STUDENT.

IT CAN BE PREVENTED IF AT-RISK STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE THROUGH SCREENING.

WHAT PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS NEED TO KNOW

BY GEORGIE NORMAND, M.A.

When Chloe was in kindergarten, she was not able to keep up with her classmates in learning the letter names and their sounds. About halfway through first grade, she finally knew the letter names and most of their

sounds, but she had trouble blending them together to form words. Her teacher thought she would eventually catch up and tried to spend a little extra time with Chloe each day, to review basic skills.