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Tests, Measurements, and Psychometric Assessments

A test is the word we use to talk about “can we find out what is happening here, using what we already know? A test is an experiment, based on lots of previous experience. You might test your reflexes. To do this, you need to have some idea what a reflex is, what you and people your age usually experience, and what some standard ways of measuring reflexes might be. An Olympic 100m sprint race is a test. We know that it has taken a human male around 9 seconds to run 100 meters in the past. We k...

What is a Learning Disability?

Kyla was worried about her 12-year-old daughter, Rose. Rose never wanted to read at home and said she hated writing at school. Even with one-on-one tutoring, Rose didn’t seem to be making much progress. She was almost in high school and Rose was only falling further behind. Kyla started wondering if Rose had Dyslexia. She booked an assessment and Rose was diagnosed with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia.The first step in helping our children who are struggling with learning is understanding what learnin...

9 Myths about Specific Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia

1. Myth: People with Specific Learning Disabilities are not smart. Fact: Dyslexia is very specific to reading and spelling. Dysgraphia is related to writing, and Dyscalculia is related to mathematics. None of them are related to a person’s intelligence. You can be an exceptionally intelligent person and also have a SLD. Learning difficulties for some students are better explained by low intellectual functioning or an Intellectual Disability, but people of all levels of intelligence can have a ...

Say Dyslexia?

Reily is 7 years old, and she's brought home a reader from school. It's almost a miracle that this book came home at all, considering that all the previous books the teacher sent home went "missing." After much coaxing, she sits beside her mum on the couch, pointing to every word, sounding out each letter, and making error after error. It's her second year at school, and she still can’t read "Get to the Vet."Jaxon is 12 years old, and he is both cunning and social, making him a popular friend ...