Irlen® Self Test Child 

 

Does your child have difficulty with reading?

• Has slow, stop-and-go reading

• Ignores full stops and commas

• Does not understand or remember what has been read?

 

Does your child have difficulty with spelling and handwriting?

• Has uneven writing

• Makes spelling errors even when copying

• Confuses similar letter, n/m, words, was/saw or numbers, 2/5?

 

Does your child have difficulties with attention?

• Become fidgety, “hyperactive”, restless or easily distracted?

• Avoids reading or looks away when reading

• Daydreams in class?

 

Does your child have difficulty with visual perception?

• Complains about letters looking “funny” or moving

• Loses his/her place when copying from the board or a book?

• Blinks, squints or moves his/her head to make reading “easier.”

 

Does your child have light sensitivity?

• Prefers to read in dull light or in a darker part of the room?

• Says computer screens, whiteboards, Smart Boards are too bright or glary?

• Squints when outside, complain about the light, like to wear a hat?

 

Does your child have difficulty with depth perception?

• Seems "clumsy", drops things, knock into furniture, spills drinks?

• Has difficulty catching a (tennis) ball on the full?

• Veer into you when walking beside you?