Dyslexia Assessment

This section of this website contains Dr. Vaz's paper titled Dyslexia: An Appropriate Time To Assess.  This paper is outlined below.  It covers assessment and treatment information for not only dyslexia but some of its obscurers and imposters, such as ADHD, CAPD, OCD, schizophrenia, and more.

This paper is available for browsing below, or for download as a MS Word document.  You may also view the accompanying PowerPoint presentation.

Dyslexia: An Appropriate Time To Assess

• Introduction
• Reasons to Assess
  • Planned Intervention
  • Diagnosis and Symptoms
  • Peace of Mind
  • Identification
• Acquired Obstacles
  • Poor Self-Esteem
  • Frustration
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
• Obscurers and Imposters
  • ADHD with Hyperactivity
  • ADHD without Hyperactivity
  • Central Auditory Processing Deficit
    • Suggestions for Home and School
    • Strategies to Facilitate Organization
    • Direction Following Tips
  • Absence Seizure
  • Overanxious Disorder of Childhood
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Childhood Depressive Disorder
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
• Treatment
  • Acquired Conditions
    • Poor Self-Esteem
    • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
    • Childhood Depressive Disorder
    • Oppositional Defiant Disorder / Conduct Disorder
  • Developmental Conditions
    • Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
    • Central Auditory Processing Deficit
      • Suggestions for Home and School
      • Strategies to Facilitate Organization
      • Direction Following Tips
  • • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
    • Absence Seizure
    • Schizophrenia
• Summary

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