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.

Marilyn Nippold succinctly highlights the reasons that speech-language pathologists belong in the classroom working side by side with classroom teachers to assist children with language disorders.

Communication Strategies for All Classrooms: Focusing on English Language Learners and Students with Learning Disabilities offers teachers some suggestions to help them communicate most effectively with all students, especially those with auditory and language difficulties.

If you’re a dyslexic student preparing for the SAT, there are a lot of accommodations and resources available to help you prepare. You just need to know where to look.

The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities is designed for youth and adults working with them to learn about disability disclosure.

Explore a variety of measurable meta-cognitive goals to help your students self-advocate and feel a sense of control.

We hope to see you on the UM campus to hear Dr. Peggy McCardle from NIH give her talk on "Dyslexia as a Cross-Cutting Research Area" at 3:30 p.m. in the Rackham Graduate School.

The following are some case studies of dyslexics with whom we have worked over the past years. In each story, we provide background information, the course of therapy that integrates the individual's strengths and interests, and the outcomes—all of which are positive.

Case Studies for using strengths and interests

Case Study One: