Maybe your child is quick in conversation and full of ideas, yet freezes the moment a page of text lands in front of them. Maybe the nightly reading log has grown a little more dreaded each week. Our dyslexia testing in Oregon, WI looks closely at where reading is breaking down for children, teens, and adults, and you never need a referral to begin.
Every evaluation starts from a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then narrows toward the specific way your reader struggles. One licensed psychologist stays with you from the first phone call through the feedback session, and an in house learning disability specialist runs the reading focused testing beside them, so no piece of the picture is handed off and forgotten. We see children, teens, and adults, and we always screen for the conditions that tend to accompany dyslexia.
Letter sounds that never quite stick, guessing at a word from its first letter, and reading aloud that is slow and clearly effortful. You might notice the same word spelled two ways on one page, or a real distance between how sharp your child seems and how hard reading has become.
Assigned reading that takes far longer than it should, spelling that stays shaky, and a quiet habit of leaning on audio or memory to get through class. The frustrating part is that more effort never seems to close the distance with classmates.
Rereading a paragraph two or three times to hold it, dodging any task that means reading aloud, and a private sense that this was never supposed to be so hard. For many adults the realization lands only after a son or daughter is diagnosed and the description fits them too.
We open with about an hour of conversation, where your psychologist traces reading and language development from the earliest literacy milestones to the challenges you are seeing now. What surfaces here shapes which dyslexia specific measures will give the clearest answer.
Your psychologist assembles a testing battery made for your reader, pairing broad cognitive and executive function measures with focused reading and phonological work carried out by our in house learning disability specialist. Expect roughly 2 to 6 hours of in person testing spread across one to two days, with questionnaires sent home and to teachers who know the learner well.
Findings from both the psychologist and the learning disability specialist come together in one detailed report, covering cognitive ability, phonological processing, reading fluency, comprehension, and any co occurring conditions, such as ADHD, that turned up along the way.
Typically two to three weeks later you return for a feedback session where both clinicians walk you through the diagnosis and lay out individualized recommendations: reading intervention, classroom accommodations, assistive technology, and the next steps that fit your situation.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You can schedule on your own, for any reason, and if you would like us to coordinate with your child’s school or another provider we are glad to; that call is always yours.
Reading disorders ask for focused, specialized testing. Your psychologist handles the cognitive and executive baseline, the broader clinical picture, and screening for co occurring conditions, while our learning disability specialist runs the reading specific measures. Both sit in on the feedback session, so what you get is a complete read rather than one hurried opinion.
Dyslexia is a specific difference in how the brain processes written language, unrelated to intelligence, motivation, or effort. A formal evaluation separates true dyslexia from gaps in earlier instruction or other causes, and it identifies the precise point where reading breaks down so the right support can follow.
Yes. We evaluate children, teens, and adults, and many adults reach out after years of quietly working around reading, often once their own child is diagnosed. The evaluation is fitted to your stage of life and to the places reading matters most, whether that is college, graduate work, or your job.
Yes. The written report documents clear 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 put it to use right away.
Call our Madison office at (608) 396 4830 and we will walk you through the first steps and answer any questions before you commit. No referral is needed to book.
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