Please read the general questionnaire. It can apply to you as an individual or, if you are a parent, to your child.

1. Do you feel that you have to work harder than anyone else in school and yet can't get the marks?
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Do you feel your child is underachieving in school?
Yes   No

2. Do you feel stupid, or does your child think he/she is stupid?
Yes   No

3. Do you feel that you can't get your thoughts organized?
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Does your child have problems with organization?
Yes   No

4. Do you have difficulty reading and/or understanding written text?
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Have you noticed that your child has difficulty reading books or is reading books below his/her grade level?
Yes   No

5.Do you or your child have difficulty listening, remembering or concentrating?
Yes   No

6. Has there been a change in attitude toward school or has your child recently exhibited negative behaviours either in school or at home?
Yes   No

If you have answered "yes" to any of the above six questions, then continue on with the reading and math questionnaire.

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Reading & Math Questionnaire:

1. Do you or your child make wild guesses when reading unknown words?
Yes   No

2. Do you or your child substitute similar words that start with the same letter? (reads "stop" instead of "step" or "money" instead of "monkey")
Yes   No

3. Do you or your child reverse the letter-sequences of whole words (reads "was" instead of "saw") or shuffle the order of letters inside a word (reads "blub" instead of "bulb")?
Yes   No

4. Are there letter and/or number reversals (saying "76" for "67" or "b" and "d" confusion)?
Yes   No

5. Do you or your child shorten long words into shorter ones (reading "elope" instead of "envelope" or "computer" instead of "contemporary")?
Yes   No

6. Do you or your child substitute words that have similar meanings (reading "house" instead of "home" or "long" instead of "length")?
Yes   No

7. Do you or your child have trouble remembering new words (learning a new word on the first line of a paragraph but forgetting it before the last line of the same paragraph)?
Yes   No

8. Do you or your child hold a book upside down without noticing?
Yes   No

9. Is remembering math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) a problem no matter how much you or your child practice?
Yes   No

10. Do you or your child do lousy on math tests even though you know the work?
Yes   No

If you have answered "Yes" to any of these questions you may find the dEcode programs for reading and math useful.

Click on dEcode™ for more information.