Maybe everyone agrees your child is sharp, quick in conversation and full of ideas, yet reading lags in a way no one can quite explain. Dyslexia Testing in Middleton, WI is built to make sense of that mismatch and locate exactly where reading is getting stuck. You can begin without a referral of any kind.
One licensed psychologist leads the evaluation from your very first conversation to the day you sit down for feedback, and the reading specific portion is handled by an in house learning disability specialist working in tandem with them. Every evaluation opens with a cognitive and executive function baseline and is then tailored to the reading concerns you bring. We see children, teens, and adults, and we always screen for the conditions that frequently overlap with dyslexia.
A bright child who mixes up similar looking words, sounds one out and loses it moments later, or spells it two ways in a single paragraph. Reading aloud gets avoided, and the distance between their obvious ability and their actual reading keeps widening.
Assigned reading takes far longer than it should, spelling stays shaky, and written work gets pushed off. Bright teens often coast on memory and audio, and the frustration builds as effort keeps failing to match the results their peers seem to get.
Rereading a paragraph several times to make it stick, steering clear of reading in front of others, and feeling low grade dread around written tasks at work. Plenty of adults finally seek answers after a son or daughter is diagnosed and the description lands too close to home.
We start with a one hour interview in which your psychologist maps out the story of reading and language, from first literacy milestones to the sticking points that brought you in. That history determines which dyslexia specific assessments will give the clearest, most accurate read.
Your psychologist then arranges a battery tailored to you, combining cognitive and executive function measures with targeted reading and phonological processing testing carried out by our in house learning disability specialist. Testing usually runs 2 to 6 hours across one or two days, with questionnaires sent to you and to the teachers or family who know your reading best.
Data from both clinicians are compiled into one thorough diagnostic report spanning cognitive ability, phonological processing, reading fluency and comprehension, and any co occurring conditions, such as ADHD or additional learning differences, uncovered along the way.
Roughly two to three weeks on, you come back for a feedback session where your psychologist talks through the diagnosis plainly and offers individualized recommendations, from reading intervention approaches and classroom accommodations to assistive technology and clear next steps.
No. Core Spring Diagnostics never requires a referral. You are welcome to schedule on your own, for whatever reason brings you in, and we will coordinate with a school or another provider only if you ask us to. The choice belongs to you.
Slow reading can come from many things; dyslexia is a specific difference in how the brain processes written language, unrelated to intelligence or effort. A formal evaluation tells the two apart, ruling out gaps in instruction and pinpointing where reading is actually breaking down so support can be targeted.
Reading disorders deserve specialized testing. The psychologist covers the cognitive and executive function baseline, the overall clinical picture, and screening for related conditions, while our in house learning disability specialist runs the reading specific measures. Both sit in on feedback, so the conclusions are complete rather than a rushed single view.
Yes, and it often is. Dyslexia has nothing to do with how intelligent someone is; many bright children read well below what their abilities would predict. That gap between capability and reading is one of the clearest reasons to evaluate, and it is exactly what the assessment is designed to examine.
Yes. The report spells out findings and recommendations that schools, colleges, and employers can put to use, including an IEP, a 504 plan, extended time, and assistive technology. It is written plainly so the people who need to act on it can do so without translation.
Give us a call at (608) 396 4830. There is nothing to qualify for and no referral to gather first; we will answer your questions and help you choose a time that works.
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