Reading Assessment – The Cognitive Skills Approach
A reading assessment for your student is more important than ever! However, not just any reading assessment will do. Since recent studies indicate that 88% of reading problems are due to weak underlying cognitive (mental) abilities, reading assessments must be grounded in a cognitive skills approach in order to be effective.
Most reading assessments only determine "if there is a problem." At LearningRx, our reading assessment is combined with a general learning profile to get at the actual causes, not merely the symptoms, of reading struggles. If problem areas are identified, the next step is a comprehensive test of cognitive skills.
Reading Assessment – Discovering the Root Causes of the Reading Struggle
The reading assessment offered by LearningRx is designed to identify the root causes of your child’s reading struggles. Our reading assessment returns to the foundational level of learning, specifically focusing on the following cognitive skills:
Auditory Processing: The ability to segment, blend, and analyze sounds.
Processing Speed: The ability to handle information with speed and ease.
Attention: The ability to stay on task.
Memory: The ability to retain and retrieve information.
Visual Processing: The ability to create and manipulate pictures in the mind.
Logic and Reasoning: The ability to properly plan, think, and reason.
Our Reading Assessment identifies common problem areas such as:
Auditory Processing:
Poor reading comprehension
Makes spelling errors in written assignments
Difficulty sounding out unknown words
Oral reading is slow or choppy
Needs words repeated when taking spelling tests
Processing Speed:
Reading is slow
Speech is slow and deliberate
Writing assignments take extra time
Completing tasks takes extra time
Avoids or has difficulty with video games
Attention:
Distracted by other activities
Difficulty maintaining attention
Difficulty organizing activities
Difficulty doing two things at once
Impulsive
Memory:
Often asks to have things repeated
Difficulty remembering telephone numbers
Needs to look multiple times when copying
Difficulty following verbal directions
Difficulty recalling stories and jokes
Visual Processing:
Poor sense of direction or reading maps
Jigsaw puzzles are difficult or avoided
Misreads similar words
Poor at or dislikes drawing
Difficulty with word math problems
Logic and Reasoning:
Difficulty understanding stories or jokes
Poor at/avoids games like chess/checkers
Takes a while to catch on to new things
Doesn’t like card games
Has problems seeing the big picture
Reading Assessment – Targeting Cognitive Weaknesses for Attack
At LearningRx, a reading assessment is just part of assessing your child’s overall cognitive skills. The strength or weakness of these skills determines the ease, accuracy, and speed of reading (and learning in general). We encourage you to contact a LearningRx Center in your local area to find out more about our comprehensive reading and cognitive skills assessments. Once your child’s core weaknesses are identified, we can strengthen them (average reading gains of 4.96 years in less than six months) forever with our revolutionary training methods.
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