[SENco-forum] 4th percentile tosh

Don't forget  that any assessment  of a dyslexic is only an indicator of how 
that person was performing at the precise  time of the test.  Many dyslexics 
have erratic performance,( good one day  poor the next) many find assessment 
very stressful and again will not perform well under these conditions. I 
have a pupil  that has been assessed several times within a short period of 
time (a few months)  using the same test  administered by different 
people( Part of research project assessment, also routine assessment and 
parent private assessment) her reasoning scores varied significantly each 
time from  6th percentile right up to 37 th percentile   her reading scores 
also varied significantly, so what real value are any of  these tests??

It should be remembered that  each dyslexic is an individual and  each one 
will have their own varied combination of differing dyslexic 
characteristics. Dolfrog I may be misunderstanding what you mean but you 
give the impression that you suggest the  teaching/supporting of children 
with dyslexia is  rigid in its approach. There isn't a one strategy fits all 
dyslexics approach as far as I'm aware..

 The whole point of the educational slant of  a dyslexia diagnosis in 
children  is for educating them.
You teach them a range of skills and strategies that they can take out of 
school and into adult  life as a dyslexic. All the pupils I teach leave me 
knowing  what their learning strengths are, They are equipped with a whole 
range of different strategies  to use for  numerous areas of difficulties. 
They are also encouraged to develop their own strategies.   Isn't that what 
they need to use in life?

I have seen a clinical diagnosis report for a  dyslexic child and to be 
honest it was  so "clinical"  it wasn't very helpful  to me. Out of interest 
Dolfrog,  what would a clinical diagnosis report  include that an 
educational one doesn't that you could use for life?

What is the Forum's view on the  increasingly popular Dynamic Assessments 
being produced by Ed Psychs ??
These focus on learning skills and less on cognitive scores.

Cheers

Sheridan
A Dyslexic
Mother of  Dyslexics,
Teacher of dyslexics