dyslexia 2.1 and 2.2

What assessments are necessary to identify dyslexia?

• Psychological, sociological, and anthropological

• Neurological, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging

• Physical, chemical, and biological

• None of the above

What is not a symptom of phonological processing difficulties in dyslexia?

• Confusing words that sound alike

• Recognizing individual speech sounds

• Remembering and repeating new words

• Learning other subject matter with ease

Which brain system is usually most affected in dyslexia?

• Motor control system

• Emotional processing system

• Phonological processing system

• Visual processing system

What difficulties are captured in the definition of dyslexia?

• Listening, speaking, and writing

• Memory, attention, and problem-solving

• Grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary

• Fluency, spelling, and decoding

A student has difficulty pronouncing and remembering individual speech sounds in words. This student has a deficit in which component of reading?

• Orthographic

• Context

• Phonics

• Phonological

Can dyslexia occur in individuals with a range of cognitive abilities?

• No
• Only in individuals with low cognitive abilities
• Only in individuals with high cognitive abilities
• Yes

What is included in the definition of dyslexia?

• Memory, attention, and problem-solving
• Grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary
• Fluency, spelling, and decoding
• Listening, speaking, and writing

What is the core language difficulty in dyslexia?

• Syntactic processing
• Pragmatic processing
• Semantic processing
• Phonological processing

A student with dyslexia most likely fits into which of the following reader profiles?

• Mixed reading difficulties

• Hyperlexic

• Reading comprehension difficulties

• Word recognition and spelling difficulties

A diagnostic test finds that a student exhibits poor phoneme segmentation skills, poor individual word reading skills, and poor reading fluency. What possible next steps might help this student?

• This student does not demonstrate characteristics of dyslexia; continue with regular classroom support

• This student exhibits characteristics of dyslexia; structured literacy approaches to provide intervention

• This student has dyslexia; talk to parents about what they can do at home

• This student demonstrates characteristics of dyslexia, special education