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Testing bilingual person for dyslexia
We live in Spain and I have a 13 year old son who I believe may be dyslexic. He has been tested at the school 4 years ago and they said language was the problem not dyslexia. I accepted that at the time but now I am not convinced. I have asked about getting him tested in english but have been told he written english is not good enough to test him (we have lived here since he was 4 years old and he has done all schooling in spanish). Does anyone have any suggestions how I can find out if he is really dyslexic or not?
03/11/2011 15:55:59
Bronwen (Member)
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