Case study: Tom, aged 8 years with dyslexic difficulties
Tom, who is in Y3 (P4), was referred to a specialist teacher(1) as he was struggling in the classroom even when provided with a support programme (based on ‘sat pin’). He found it difficult to construct CVC words and it was suspected that a major part of his difficulties involved Working Memory. Tom also had problems with long term memory, in particular recalling sight words.
It was decided to use the Dyslexia Portfolio for a more detailed assessment and this was administered in conjunction with GL Assessment’s British Picture Vocabulary Scale (2nd Edition) as this assessment of receptive vocabulary is used by the school on a regular basis.
Tom’s summary of results is given below.
