Qualification Level:  C 

Age Range: 6 years 6 months to 11 years 5 months
Administration: Individual - 30 minutes

The revised Dyslexia Screening Test now covers primary and secondary school-aged children in two separate assessments. The division of the DST into two tests, DST - Junior and DST - Secondary, include extra subtests which are particularly relevant to the age group.

The DST-J provides a profile of strengths and weaknesses which can be used to guide the development of in-school support for the child.

New theoretical developments in dyslexia research suggest that it should be possible to identify both slow learners and potential dyslexic children at the age of 5 or 6 years, in time for greater reading support. The DST-J is designed for early identification of children who are at risk of reading failure so that they can be given extra support at school.

The DST-J replaces the best selling DST and reflects changes in theory and practice since this initial publication with additional subtests, validation studies and case histories and scoring software.

The DST-J consists of the following subtests:

•     Rapid Naming
•     Bead Threading
•     One Minute Reading
•     Postural Stability
•     Phonemic Segmentation
•     Two Minute Spelling
•     Backwards Digit Span
•     Nonsense Passage Reading
•     One Minute Writing
•     Verbal Fluency
•     Rhyme NEW
•     Vocabulary NEW

Please note that this Software is compatible with Windows XP only.