Perhaps a teacher flagged that the reading level is not catching up, or you notice your child working twice as hard for half the progress. When effort clearly is not the problem, the reason is worth finding. Our Dyslexia Testing in Oshkosh, WI pinpoints where reading is breaking down, and you can start without any referral.
One licensed psychologist carries your evaluation the whole way, from the opening interview to the feedback conversation, and an in house learning disability specialist handles the reading specific testing right alongside them, so nothing slips through the cracks between clinicians. We begin with a baseline of cognitive and executive function and then focus in on the reading concern that brought you here. Children, teens, and adults are all welcome, and we routinely screen for the conditions that tend to accompany dyslexia.
Early on, letter sounds may refuse to stick and lookalike words get muddled, with reading staying slow and labored well past when classmates ease into it. You might see first letter guessing, the same word spelled two ways in one paragraph, and a bright kid whose reading simply does not match how quick they are elsewhere.
By the teen years, reading often stays slow and draining, long assignments go unfinished, and spelling wobbles despite real effort. Some quietly avoid anything that requires writing, some lean on recordings or memory, and most carry a frustration that no amount of extra work seems to close the gap with peers.
For adults it can look like circling back over the same lines to absorb them, dodging chances to read aloud, and a slow grind through written tasks shadowed by low-grade anxiety. Many never think to get tested until a son or daughter is diagnosed and the description suddenly fits them too.
Things start with an hour long clinical interview in which your psychologist draws out the full arc of reading and language development, from early literacy milestones to whatever is tripping things up now. That detail is what points us toward the dyslexia specific measures likely to yield the most accurate diagnosis.
Next comes a testing battery assembled around you, blending broad cognitive and executive function measures with concentrated reading and phonological processing work delivered by an in house learning disability specialist. Plan on about 2 to 6 hours of in person testing across one to two days. We also send questionnaires to you and to teachers or others involved in the day to day learning.
Everything the psychologist and the learning disability specialist gathered is folded into one detailed diagnostic report. You will find cognitive abilities, phonological processing, reading fluency, comprehension, and any co occurring conditions the process uncovered, ADHD or other learning differences among them, all in one place.
Usually within two to three weeks, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist talks through the diagnosis plainly and hands you individualized recommendations, from reading intervention strategies and academic accommodations to assistive technology and the specific next steps that fit your circumstances.
No, and there is nothing to arrange beforehand. Core Spring Diagnostics never requires a referral, so you can book directly for whatever reason you have. If you would later like us to coordinate with your child’s school or your own provider, we will gladly do so, but that decision always rests with you.
Because reading disorders demand specialized, focused testing. The psychologist owns the cognitive and executive baseline, the overall clinical read, and the screening for other conditions, while the reading specific measures go to an in house learning disability specialist. Both clinicians sit in on the feedback session, so you end up with a full, accurate picture instead of one hurried take.
Being a slow reader can trace back to many things; dyslexia is a particular way written language is processed, unrelated to how smart or motivated a person is. A formal evaluation distinguishes genuine dyslexia from things like patchy instruction, and it identifies the exact points where reading is stalling so the correct supports follow.
Absolutely. Our evaluations cover children, teens, and adults. A good number of adults arrive after years of quietly compensating, frequently once their own child receives a diagnosis. We tune the evaluation to where you are in life and to the settings, from graduate coursework to your workplace, where reading carries the most weight.
It will. The report documents concrete findings and recommendations that schools, colleges, and employers can use to set accommodations in motion, covering an IEP, a 504 plan, extended time, and assistive technology. Because it is written plainly, you can turn it into real support without a translator.
Reach us at (414) 387-2100 and we will explain how to begin and take any questions you have. With no referral to line up first, you are free to call the moment you decide you want answers.
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