Who would I contact to get my daughter tested for dyslexia?

I've recently noticed some things that make me wonder if my daughter might be dyslexic. Not sure what to do or who to contact.





Thank you for your help.|||every school offers free exam. Call her school|||You do this through the school not the doctor, dyslexia is not an illness or disease. Help is given with specialised teaching which helps dyslexic to overcome their difficulties.





Make an appointment with her teacher or principle and ask for the school to arrange for her to be tested. If she is dyslexic the sooner this is done the better.





You could look at these websites which will also give you more of an idea whether she is or not.|||If you want to test for dyslexia you need to see a neurologist. Not an eye doctor (they can do some vision tracking things) not the school (they can do a comprehensive evaluation that included IQ and academic levels and possibilities of Learning Disability but NOT Dyslexia)





That said - the easiest way to start is with the school if there is an academic need - they will do most testing that would be required but dyslexia is a specific diagnosis and schools do not (or should not) diagnose. They can to testing that will pinpoint strengths and weakness, if your child is a visual or auditory learner etc. Most of the adaptations, instruction and support provided students with a learning disability would be useful if she has dyslexia.





Look at this site for resources:





http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dysle鈥?/a>|||Here the testing goes through the district. So, for example, you could have a 2 year old tested even if he's not in school yet, because of the district boundaries. I would ask the teacher, but the district will have the testing personnel. If there is a great need and or your daughters in a large school there may be a person there in special ed that will do the testing. Otherwise their may be a person who rotates schools each day.





I would first ask the teacher for info. If she doesn't know, or doesn't seem to be on top of making that happen, I would ask the principal or call the school district office and ask them how they do the testing and who needs to refer them, and if you need a dr's note or something.





I would definitely turn to the school first before you spend money you may not need to.|||you can go to your nearest doctors office or an eye doctor who can tell if they really do see differently or its just for right now. I personally went through a period of time where i suffered from slight dyslexia and got problems like putting things backwards but if you just go see a doctor they can tell you. Hope this helps you and good luck, everything is going to be alright.|||ask the school to get her tested, my daughter who's now 27 showed signs of dyslexia in kindergarten i asked the school repeatedly to have her tested. don't give up keep asking and demanding they test her. there are resource classes that can find the answers for her and the school has access to them..finding a good doctor for this is hard..she really needs to be tested threw the school..I cant express this enough we as parents need to demand the schools to listen to us we know our kids the best...If your child isn't school age yet.make her an appointment with a good doctor or go to a clinic if you need to but please don't wait


here are some symptoms for you


Signs of dyslexia in children who are too young for school include:





* Talking later than expected.


* Being slow to learn new words.


* Problems rhyming.


* Problems following directions that have many steps.





After a child begins school, the signs of dyslexia include:





* Problems reading single words, such as a word on a flash card.


* Problems linking letters with sounds.


* Confusing small words, such as "at" and "to."


* Reversing the shapes of written letters such as "d" for "b." For example, the child may write "dat" instead of "bat."


* Writing words backward, such as "tip" for "pit."





good luck .email me if you need any more info|||talk to her teacher and others in the school. if anyone is concerned they will do testing and put her in a program if needed. had my daughter tested for something else and she finally excelled in high school. it takes time to test and get the papers. it's also free|||I am not to sure how old your daughter is but if she is in school, talk to her teacher. If not I would call local school and ask them what they know. Or call a local college or university that specialize in child development.|||A neurologist is the one who does the testing of the brain to determine dyslexic syntomes.





Good luck.|||I'd probably take her to an eye specialist.





Visit this website to see all of the symptoms of Dyslexia- http://www.dyslexia.com/qasymptoms.htm





Hope this helped.|||you use tehphrase 'grade three' so I am guessing you are not in the US where we would say '3rd grade'








Iin teh US-the school has a child study team





but you need a full educational psychologist to five an actaul diagnosis|||depending on how old she is you need to get her in to a doctor no matter what but call your local department of jobs and family services and ask for help|||a doctor dheerrr