Discover Reading Success:
Quick and Easy Dyslexia Screening
Recognize, support, and celebrate each student’s unique skills and abilities from day one.
Get StartedProviding students with early intervention increases their reading proficiency and are more likely to maintain their grade-level reading skills
(National Reading Panel, 2000).
MindPlay Signals includes a research-based assessment that can effectively identify signs of dyslexia in K-3 students.
- Streamlined approach with reliable, comprehensive results.
- Empowers educators and families to promptly collaborate and implement targeted interventions in class and at home.
- Emphasizes personalized support, focusing on each student’s unique needs rather than solely on labels or diagnoses.
With just a 15-25 minute assessment, parents and educators can identify if their student is at risk of dyslexia and work together to create an intervention plan to address their specific needs.
Get StartedMindPlay’s Dyslexia Screener Includes:
Rhyming
Assesses students’ ability to discriminate between similar sounds and as an early indicator of a child's reading readiness.
Counting Sounds
Assesses a student’s ability to identify the number of phonemes (sounds) in words.
Alphabet Knowledge
Evaluates students’ letter-naming skills and provides valuable insights for educators to identify specific areas of strength or areas of growth.
Sound Symbol Recognition
Determines students' ability to associate letter sounds with corresponding written symbols.
Spelling Nonsense Words
Evaluates a student's grasp of the fundamental principles of English phonics, including letter-to-sound correspondences, sound-spelling relationships, roots, and spelling rules.
Spelling Real Words
Assessing irregular spelling patterns helps educators determine if students can spell words like "could," "said," and "friend," which don't follow conventional spelling rules.
Letter Discrimination
Tests for orthographic competence designed for students in grades 2+. This screener tests a student’s visual memory of a word.
Expected Fluency
Presents a multi-line story to the student at a specified reading rate. Each line is progressively revealed, with words fading out at a predetermined pace.
RAN (coming Fall 2024)
Quickly assesses cognitive skills and understands a student's ability to process and retrieve information rapidly.
Early Detection, Better Support:
The Benefits of Dyslexia Screening for Teachers
MindPlay’s Dyslexia screener aids educators by:
- Eliminating time-consuming test administration
- Identifying students who may be at risk for Dyslexia
- Grouping students with similar academic needs
- Providing immediate detailed reports that are clear and easy to understand
Embracing Individual Strengths
Individuals with reading difficulties are people first, possessing a wide array of abilities beyond their disability. Early screening enables timely intervention to address and support their unique learning needs.
The MindPlay K-3 Dyslexia Screener assesses each student using the most current research on risk factors associated with dyslexia, as recommended by the IDA.
Beyond Screening,
MindPlay Reading Studio Can Help
Through our commitment to individualized, differentiated instruction, learners benefit from systematic, explicit literacy instruction and skills application. By incorporating the Orton-Gillingham approach, we ensure that each learner receives tailored support that addresses their unique needs.
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