OK, so my DD is 6yrs 11m and has struggled with reading with a lot of letter complications esp. transposing letters within words, skipping and swapping small words, missing beginnings and endings, losing place on page, fidgety etc School are also concerned that her reading and spelling ability are below the level they would expect. They have recommended an Ed Psych assessment within the next few months but I am concerned that this will just label her without leading to a route to help her. After all I know what she finds hard, just not the best way to deal with it!
I made a BO appt via the BABO website and we had the appt today. It took nearly 2 hours but I don't have a very thorough report. For Visual Efficiency it just says that her Eye tracking, eye teaming and focusing are all Unskilled. For the Visual Processing part: Bilateral Integration and Laterality is adequate and there's possible retained reflex (Spinal Gallant?) The form has other things listed: directionality, visual memory, visual figure ground, visual closure, motor integration and visual fine motor. All these are marked as untested.
It was all very low tech. I was expecting some kind of computer eye tracking. We are going back next week but I was interested in any feedback - it this what you would expect from the first visit? Is it just that there is so much to test that he ran out of time?