Parents are usually right about their kids. If yours is not achieving in school, RTI is not the only answer.

October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month. All across the country, communities will be making efforts to spotlight a range of dyslexic needs, struggles, and signs.

I am looking for a list of psychologists that know how to evaluate for dyslexia. Can you please sent me any information?

My son is 9 years old and in the 3rd grade. His teacher and principal have suggested that we have a "comprehensive child study" done to evaluate, understand, and help with his issues. I am having trouble finding resources where this evaluation and diagnosis could be performed. Can you provide a contact or point me in the right direction for an evaluation and diagnostic testing?

I recently returned from the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) annual conference, which was excellent. One of the talks I attended was using Vision Therapy (VT) as a treatment for dyslexia. That same day I had a question from a parent on VT pop into my DyslexiaHelp in-box.

I am inquiring as to when and how to schedule an evaluation for my daughter. Her teacher said the public schools would not evaluate her because she is passing (she is at a private school). She is in 1st grade (going into 2nd) and has been receiving extra tutoring for reading this year along with us working with her. At what point (age or specific criteria) do you schedule evaluations? It was recommended that I wait until later by her doctor. They thought children should be older.

I have a 10 year old son who I believe needs evaluation. He is a hard working student, and has struggled with first speech and then reading. He has always been at the low end of the spectrum for reading. He has had reading intervention and tutoring. He is currently being evaluated in school for auditory processing, but I think and I think he needs evaluation for dyslexia as well. Any suggestions for me as to how to expedite this and where I could go?

A comprehensive dyslexia evaluation combines assessments of oral language, phonological processing, reading, spelling, writing, memory, and vocabulary—no single test suffices, and IQ testing alone is no longer recommended.

We are trying to have our son tested for dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia but most facilities start with the WISC and the WJ. I don't see him being measured accurately because of the way these tests are administered and his specific learning differences. I was looking at the battery of tests that you use on determining dyslexia and didn't see any IQ type tests, but perhaps I overlooked it. Is there a reason you don't include the WISC in your battery? I did see the WJ, but only for a reading portion. Do you know of any institution or individual psychologist who administers the battery of tests that you recommend in the state of Colorado?

As clinicians, we come across a variety of tests that we've used with our students at one point or another during evaluations or therapy sessions. And we all know there are some that we decide to incorporate into our regular assessment battery, and others we never use again. Here's a selection of 14 tests, and their respective strengths, that we recommend using with dyslexics.