Took DS for a LUCID test at the weekend, he's at high risk of dyslexia

[minouminou]

So....he's six. His phonological processing is on the 20th centile, auditory processing on 19th, and visual memory on 6th (bit of a shocker).

Obvs I know this isn't a definitive diagnosis (if there is such a thing), but his school is being great, and is going to change his IEP to take these results into account.

I think it's time to talk to DS about this....he knows something's going on, so, what do we say, how do we say it?

Any tips? Experiences?

Many thanks.

Look at his actual likelihood of dyslexia as well, so you can point out any 'symptoms' to the school as well. Test on their own don't mean as much as tests combined with other evidence (see geeky stats bit below)

Extract from website

The results of the three tests are combined by the program [to give] an overall estimate of the probability of dyslexia in one of the following categories:
? Very high probability of dyslexia (greater than 95% chance)
? High probability of dyslexia (greater than 90% chance)
? Moderate probability of dyslexia (greater than 75% chance)
? Low probability of dyslexia (less than 10% chance).

This is only true when the children used in the study are comparable with the child(ren) taking the test now. It's called pre-test probability.

Negative on a pregnancy test means minimal chance of pregnancy. But you'd ignore the result when the pre-test probability is very high. Eg a negative pregnancy test on a woman giving birth on a labour ward is meaningless.
Equally, if the pre-test probability is very low (a man?) you'd question the relevance of any positive test.

Thanks. His background risk is elevated a bit....his dad's v dyslexic and I have ADD. He's also showing a lot of soft signs.

What I'm after here is advice on talking to him about it....when, how, what.....etc etc.

Many thanks again.

Anyone?

Brian has dyslexia and Zak has ADHD are beautiful little picture books.