How old does my child have to be to get dyslexia assets?

Pauline123
Pauline123 Community member Posts: 2 Listener
edited October 2016 in Education and skills
This discussion was created from comments split from: Hello my name is Hannah and I'm an educational psychologist.

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  • Pauline123
    Pauline123 Community member Posts: 2 Listener
    Hi, how old does my child have to be to get assets for dyslexia? Thanks 
  • EducationalPsychologist
    EducationalPsychologist Community member Posts: 118 Contributor
    Hi Pauline123
    There is no set age, however the tests psychologists use are split into early years and school years. The school years start from age 6. Results using the school years tend to be clearer as during early years children do not necessarily develop at a constant rate and literacy difficulties can sometimes just be developmental, i.e. the child hasn't grasped some concepts yet but there isn't a specific difficulty.