Family history of similar difficulties.
Difficulty with phonological awareness especially at the phoneme level
Difficulty with following instructions
Need for time to produce an oral response when questioned
Lack of fluency in reading affecting comprehension
A lack of enjoyment of reading
Persistent and marked difficulty with spelling
Messy, laboured handwriting
Difficulty in finding the right word to describe things
Difficulty in remembering sequential information, e.g. alphabet, times tables, days of week
Poor short-term working memory
Takes longer than average to complete written tasks
Difficulty copying from the board
May describe visual discomfort when text reading
Can be clumsy and lack co-ordination
Mixing up numerical symbols
Difficulty with Maths vocabulary
Good at thinking and reasoning skills
Able to see the “big picture”
Good understanding of texts that have been read to him/her
Sophisticated receptive language
Good visual-spatial skills
Good visual-spatial skills
