Identifying Signs of Dyslexia Test: the construction process

ALVES, Rauni Jandé Roama; LIMA, Ricardo Franco de; SALGADO-AZONI, Cintia Alves; CARVALHO, Mariana Coelho; CIASCA, Sylvia Maria

doi:10.1590/0103-166X2015000300004

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Instruments and Process in Psychological Assessments • Estud. psicol. (Campinas) 32 (3) • Jul-Sep 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-166X2015000300004 copy

Identifying Signs of Dyslexia Test: the construction process

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This article aims to present the process of construction of a screening test to assess signs of dyslexia. Two phases were performed: (a) identifying scientific productions and national and international instruments on the assessment of dyslexia and selection of the most frequently evaluated cognitive-linguistic skills; (b) construction of a draft and analysis by specialist judges. From these phases the "Identifying Signs of Dyslexia Test" instrument was prepared, designed for children aged 8-11 years, and composed of the assessment of eight skills: reading, writing, visual attention, calculation, motor skills, phonological awareness, rapid naming, and immediate memory. Future studies are needed to verify the validity and reliability evidence of the instrument.

Dyslexia; Neuropsychology; Psychological assessment

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Skills evaluated	Description of tasks used for the establishment of the skills

Subtests	Description of the subtests	Score
1. Reading 1.1 Letters 1.2 Words 1.3 Pseudowords	Recognition of 21 letters of the alphabet presented in random order; reading of nine words and nine pseudowords. Application: visual. Response: oral.	Total = 39
2. Writing 2.1 Letters 2.2 Words 2.3 Pseudowords	Dictation of letters of the alphabet presented in random order; dictation of nine words and nine pseudowords. Application: oral. Response: motor.	Total = 39
3. Visual attention	Set of 195 randomly distributed letters, in which the child must seek a specific one, in this case "p". Application: visual; recording of time (60 second time limit). Response: motor.	Total = 195
4. Calculation	Four problems to be solved mentally, each corresponding to a mathematical operation. Application: oral. Response: oral.	Total = 4
5. Motor skills	Copying of a figure formed by lines and four geometric figures (circle, triangle, square and rectangle). Application: visual. Response: motor.	Total = 10
6. Phonological awareness 6.1 Rhyme 6.2 Rhyme production	Two tasks: one of rhyme identification (in which the aim was to identify which words rhymed with each other); and another of rhyme production (in which the aim was to say a word that rhymed with another). Had the support of the pictures of the target words. For example, when asked to rhyme the word "giraffe", the figure of a giraffe is presented. Application: visual. Response: oral.	Total = 6
7. Rapid naming 7.1 Letters 7.2 Numbers	Two different boards: one containing a set of 25 letters; and the other a set of 25 numbers; in both the child must name the stimuli as quickly as possible. Application: visual recording of time. Response: oral.	Total = 50 (added to the scores from the time taken in the naming)
8. Immediate memory 8.1 Digits 8.2 Pseudowords	Two tasks: one for the repetition of six increasing sequences of digits; the other for the repetition of six sequences of pseudowords. Application: oral. Response: oral.	Total = 12

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