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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m her mom, I’m dyslexic, and I know her. She’s bright, analytical, focused, hard working, and extremely anxious. She often gets called out for not following verbal directions, missing important information during lectures, has trouble learning languages, and has slow processing speed. Her test anxiety is extreme. When she took the PSAT, she didn’t receive her accommodations by mistake and scored 850. Put her head on the desk and cried. After working with a tutor, taking several practice tests, and receiving her accommodations, she scored 1350. Her scores, while much improved, still don’t match her GPA and don’t reflect her abilities, in my opinion.[/quote]

You didn’t mention anything about reading ability, which is the core aspect of dyslexia.

Does she think she has dyslexia or something else going on? As a rising college freshman, this should be her decision.[/quote]

Yes, she thinks she’s dyslexic and nervous about college.[/quote]

Then, yes, I think testing is a good idea. However, in response to your previous response (about different forms of dyslexia) - I understand there are different types of dyslexia. Dyslexia, across types, is inherently a learning disability in reading. I caution you about narrowing in on dyslexia too soon, especially as you look for testing. There are many other things (e.g., auditory processing disorder, ADHD, slow processing speed) that could explain her symptoms, as well. Since you specifically did not mention reading as a primary concern, I would suggest a more broad psychoeducational evaluation rather than focusing on dyslexia. [/quote]

Thanks, this is good advice.[/quote]

OP again and now that you mention it, my official diagnosis was not dyslexia but Specific Learning Disability, which included dyslexia but other disabilities as well - dysphonia, dysgraphia and another I can’t remember. [b]Is it possible to separate the psycho/educational testing from a full neuropsych evalaluation?[/b] She’s already been tested thoroughly for ADHD so I’d rather not put her (or our wallet) through that again.[/quote]

Yes.  Our son's first eval was a full neropsych evaluation.  Every 3 years he has to get updated reports and it's just a psychoeducational.  Much shorter and cheaper. [/quote]

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