Maybe the nightly reading log has become a standoff, or a bright kid keeps guessing at words you know they have seen a hundred times. That gap between how capable they clearly are and how reading actually goes is worth understanding. Our Dyslexia Testing in New Berlin, WI looks closely at where reading breaks down, and no referral is needed to begin.
From your first conversation through the feedback session, a single licensed psychologist stays with your case, and for the reading pecific portion an in house learning disability specialist tests alongside them, so no piece of the picture gets handed off and lost. Every evaluation starts from a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then narrows to the reading concern you came in with. We work with children, teens, and adults, and we screen for the conditions that frequently sit next to dyslexia.
Letter sounds that will not stick, similar looking words that keep getting swapped, and reading that stays slow and effortful long after peers have picked up speed. Watch for guessing from the first letter, spelling one word two ways on a single page, and a clear mismatch between how sharp they are and how reading is going.
Reading that is still tiring and slow, assigned texts that never quite get finished, and spelling that stays shaky no matter the effort. Many lean on audio or memory to keep up, quietly avoid written work, and feel a growing frustration that trying harder never seems to close the distance with classmates.
Rereading a paragraph two or three times to make it land, sidestepping reading aloud, and moving slowly through written work while a quiet anxiety sits underneath it. A lot of adults only pursue testing once their own child is diagnosed and they abruptly see their own history in it.
We open with a one hour clinical interview, where your psychologist maps out reading and language development from the earliest literacy milestones through the challenges you are seeing today. What surfaces in that conversation shapes which dyslexia specific measures will give the clearest, most accurate read.
Your psychologist builds a testing battery tailored to you, pairing broad cognitive and executive function measures with focused reading and phonological processing work carried out by an in house learning disability specialist. Expect roughly 2 to 6 hours of in person testing spread over one to two days. Questionnaires also go home to you and to teachers or others who see the learning up close.
Data from both the psychologist and the learning disability specialist come together in one detailed diagnostic report. It lays out cognitive abilities, phonological processing, reading fluency, comprehension, and any co occurring conditions the evaluation turned up, such as ADHD or other learning differences.
Typically two to three weeks later, you come back for a feedback session. Your psychologist walks the diagnosis with you and lays out individualized recommendations: reading intervention strategies, academic accommodations, assistive technology options, and concrete next steps matched to your situation.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You can schedule directly, for any reason that matters to you, and if you want us to coordinate with your child’s school or your own provider afterward, we are glad to. That call stays yours.
Reading disorders ask for focused testing and specialized expertise. Your psychologist handles the cognitive and executive baseline, the broader clinical picture, and screening for co occurring conditions, while an in house learning disability specialist runs the reading specific measures. Both take part in the feedback session, so what you receive is a complete read, not a single fast opinion.
Dyslexia is a specific difference in how the brain processes written language, and it has nothing to do with intelligence, motivation, or how hard someone works. A formal evaluation separates true dyslexia from gaps in instruction or other causes, and it shows exactly where reading is faltering so the right supports can be lined up.
Yes. We evaluate children, teens, and adults alike. Plenty of adults come to us after years of quietly working around reading, often once their own child has been diagnosed. We adapt the evaluation to your stage of life and to the places reading matters most, whether that is college, graduate study, or your job.
Yes. The written report spells out specific findings and recommendations that schools, colleges, and employers can act on, including support for an IEP, a 504 plan, extended time, and assistive technology. It is written in plain language so you can actually put it to work.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will walk you through the first steps and answer anything you are wondering about. There is no referral to chase down first, so you can reach out whenever you are ready to get clarity.
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