Olivia Strengths And Weaknesses

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REASON FOR REFERRAL: Olivia was referred for educational testing through an initial evaluation process. At the local screening committee meeting, Olivia’s parents shared that they are concerned with Olivia's weaknesses in reading. Her parents are aware that she is behind in reading. Parents also reported that Olivia may have dyslexia. Her mother noted that Olivia struggles with blending sounds and letter reversals. Olivia’s teacher shared that Olivia struggles with reading sight words and recalling learned sight words. Her teacher also noted that Olivia struggles with decoding words and blending letter sounds. Olivia’s teacher reported no concerns with reading comprehension. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Olivia is a 2nd grade student at Clermont. …show more content…

Her performance on the Reading Comprehension subtest (10th percentile) fell within the below average range. On this subtest, Olivia had to independently read passages and answer comprehension questions. Within the Reading Comprehension subtest, Olivia showed no relative strengths or weaknesses. Olivia’s score fell in the below average range for Letter and Word Recognition (8th percentile). She was asked to read words in isolation from a list. She showed no relative strengths; however, relative weaknesses were noted in the areas of single/double consonants, consonant blends, consonant digraphs, short and long vowels, silent letters, suffixes/inflections, and unpredictable patterns. Olivia’s score fell in the average range on the Comprehension Composite (18th percentile). The composite score came from her performance on the Reading Comprehension subtest and the Listening Comprehension subtest. On the Listening Comprehension subtest, Olivia’s score fell in the average range (standard score 95; percentile rank 37th). Olivia was asked to listen to several short sentences and/or passages and answer comprehension questions. No relative strengths were noted; however, she showed relative weaknesses in expository comprehension. On the Word Recognition Fluency subtest (ability to read a list of real words) and Silent Reading Fluency (ability to read short questions and answer them correctly), Olivia scores were below average. Both subtests were timed. No relative strengths or weaknesses were noted. On the nonsense word decoding subtest, Olivia showed below average ability (standard score 71; percentile rank 3rd). No strengths or weaknesses were noted. Olivia scored in the below average range on the Sound-Symbol Composite assessment (4th percentile; standard score 74). The Sound-Symbol assessment measured Olivia’s ability to

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