You can hear how much your child understands when they talk something through, then watch that same thinking fall apart the moment a pencil comes out. If getting words onto the page is slow, painful, or unreadable, Dysgraphia Testing in Oregon, WI can tell you why. No referral is needed to begin.
Every evaluation starts by mapping your cognitive and executive function baseline, then narrows in on the writing skills where things actually break down. One licensed psychologist stays with you from intake through feedback, and an in house learning disability specialist runs the writing specific testing alongside them. We assess children, teens, and adults, and we always screen for the conditions that tend to accompany dysgraphia.
Letters that come out a different size each time, words crammed together with no spacing, and a grip so tight the hand tires fast. Copying from the board lags behind, and the writing on the page never quite matches how much your child clearly knows when they explain it out loud.
Essays that wander even when the ideas are strong, notes no one can read later, and written answers left half finished. Many teens lean on shortcuts because moving thoughts onto paper costs so much effort that the actual content suffers for it.
Note taking that cannot keep pace, reports that are hard to organize, and a steady reliance on voice to text or ready made templates. Handwriting brings fatigue and frustration, and many adults quietly avoid roles that would ask them to write a great deal.
We begin with about an hour of conversation, tracing your history with writing and fine motor skills from those first letters through today's frustrations. What we learn here shapes which assessments will pinpoint the writing difficulty most precisely.
From there your psychologist assembles a testing plan that pairs cognitive and executive function measures with focused writing and fine motor evaluations, the latter conducted by our in house learning disability specialist. Expect roughly 2 to 6 hours of in person testing spread over one or two days, plus questionnaires sent to you and to teachers or others who see the writing up close.
The psychologist and the learning disability specialist pool their findings into one detailed report covering cognitive ability, fine motor skill, handwriting, spelling, written expression, and any co occurring conditions such as ADHD or another learning difference.
Typically two to three weeks later you return for a feedback session where we walk through the results in plain terms and hand you individualized recommendations: writing strategies, classroom or workplace accommodations, assistive technology, and clear next steps.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You can contact us directly, for any reason, and we will loop in your child’s school or your own provider only if that is what you want.
Writing disorders need targeted tools. Your psychologist manages the cognitive and executive baseline and the full clinical picture, while our in house learning disability specialist conducts the writing specific testing. Both join the feedback session, so nothing about your results is second hand.
No. Dysgraphia affects how written language gets produced, which can surface in handwriting, spelling, spacing, organization, and the plain effort writing takes. A formal evaluation tells a true writing disability apart from a lack of practice and shows exactly where the process breaks down.
Yes. We evaluate children, teens, and adults, and plenty of adults come to us after years of quietly working around writing at school or work. We adapt the evaluation to your stage of life and the places where writing matters most to you.
Yes. The report spells out specific findings and recommendations that schools, colleges, and employers can act on, from extended time and a scribe or keyboard to assistive technology and reduced handwriting demands where they make sense.
Call our Madison office at (608) 396 4830 and we will talk through your concerns and find a time that works. There is no referral to chase and no wrong reason to reach out.
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