Do you need dEcode®?
Complete the following questionnaire to find out if you need dEcode®.
This questionnaire can be applied to you, someone you know, or to your
child.
- Do you feel that you have to work harder than anyone else in school
and yet can't get good marks?
- or -
Do you feel your child is underachieving in school?
- Do you feel stupid, or does your child think he/she is stupid?
- Do you feel that you can't get your thoughts organized?
- or -
Does your child have problems with organization?
- Do you have difficulty reading and/or understanding written text?
- or -
Have you noticed that your child has difficulty reading books or is reading
books below his/her grade level?
- Do you or your child have difficulty listening, remembering or concentrating?
- Has there been a change in attitude toward school or has your child
recently exhibited negative behaviours either in school or at home?
If you have answered "yes" to any of the above six questions,
then continue on with the reading and math questionnaire.
Reading and Math Questionnaire:
- Does your child make wild guesses when reading
unknown words?
- Does your child substitute similar words
that start with the same letter? (reads “stop” instead of
“step” or “money” instead of “monkey”)
- Does your child shuffle the order of letters
inside words? (reads “bulb” instead of “blub”
or “prat” instead of “part”)
- Does your child substitute words that have
similar meanings? (reads “house” instead of “home”
or “long” instead of “length”)
- Does your child shorten long words into shorter
ones? (reads “elope” instead of “envelope” or
“computer” instead of “contemporary”)
- Does your child say the first sound in a
word and then “stick”? (says “rr~” and then stops
when trying to read “radish”)
- Does your child say the name of the first
letter of a word instead of its sound? (says “kay-” when
looking at the word “kite” or reads “cake” instead
of “kite”)
- Does your child make letter and/or number
reversals? (says “76” when looking at “67”)
- Does your child confuse “b” and
“d” only?
- Does your child write his or her name mirror-reversed
or starting at the end? (writes the name “Carol” starting
with the “l”)
- Does your child try to “sound out”
sight-words using phonic rules” (reads “lowg” for “laugh”
or reads “chronic” with a “ch-” sound, not a
“k-”)
- Does your child reverse the letter-sequence
of whole words? (reads “was” instead of “saw”
or “gib” instead of “big”)
- Does your child have trouble remembering
new words? (learns a new word on the first line of a paragraph but forgets
it before the last line of the same paragraph)
- Does your child hold a book upside down
without noticing?
- Does your child find remembering math facts
(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) a problem no matter
how much he or she practices?
- Does your child do poorly on math tests
even though he or she knows the work?
The more of these questions you answered 'yes' to, the more ABC dEcode®
or 123 dEcode® should be able to help you or your loved one greatly
improve their reading/math skills. Follow the links below to learn more
about and order our products.
Order dEcode® Products
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