Irlen® Self Test Teenager

When reading do you ..?

• Mainly go slow and have to read it more than once?

• Miss full stops, commas and other marks?

• Not understand or easily remember what you have read?

• Have difficulty with skim/speed reading?

 

When writing/spelling...

• Do you write in capital letters, or with uneven spacing between words?

• Make spelling errors even when copying?

• Have difficulty remembering and spelling common sounds, ou, ew, ie etc.?

• Have difficulty getting your ideas down on paper?

 

 Do you have difficulties with attention?

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

• Get out of reading if you can because it is stressful looking at the page?

• Daydream in class?

• Can’t concentrate on homework if other people are moving about?

 

Concerns with visual perception?

• Do letters begin to look “funny” or moving after reading for a while?

• Do you lose your place when copying from the board or a book?

• Do you blink, squint or move your head to make reading “easier”?

 

 Do you have light sensitivity? 

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

• Find computer screens, white boards, Smart Boards are too bright or glary?

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

 

Do you have difficulty with depth perception?

• Do you accidentally drop things, knock into furniture, spill drinks?

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

• Veer into people when walking beside them?