Description
Typically, dyslexia screening is not considered until a child has fallen behind his or her peers in reading. Recently, a new screening tool was released for use with preschool children. Using a dynamic assessment approach, the Predictive Early Assessment of Reading and Language (PEARL) can be used to predict which children will struggle with phonological-awareness skills. With the ability to predict which students will struggle attaining reading-readiness skills, it is now possible to offer earlier intervention to prevent students from having reading difficulties in later grades.
Learning Outcome:
- ASSESSMENT: Examine issues related to the assessment of dyslexia and how assessment results can inform the selection of academic interventions.
Disclosure: Katie Squires and Joanne Pierson have no relevant financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Speaker(s):
- Lauren
A. Katz,
Ph.D., CCC-SLP,
Partner,
Literacy, Language, and Learning Institute
- Joanne
M. Pierson,
Ph.D., CCC-SLP,
Founder and Partner,
Literacy, Language, and Learning Institute
- Katie
E. Squires,
Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CL,
Assistant Professor,
Central Michigan University
Krisztina Shields
5/22/18 4:22 pm
The session was a good reinforcement of why early screening and intervention is important. For a dyslexia therapist there was not a lot of new information, so I would say the targeted audience for this session is teachers and administrators. I would have loved to hear a little bit about PAR, the first screening measure mentioned, as well as the language component of PEARL.