What is on line screening?

• QuickScan® on-line screening is a test made up of 100 questions. You will be asked to answer either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to each question. Your answers are then evaluated to build a profile of your personal learning style and whether you may be at risk of being dyslexic.

On-line dyslexia screening Screening for Adults

Using QuickScan, a computer based dyslexia screening test individuals can read or listen through headphones to approximately 100 questions. The test is designed to look at how the individual works, their strengths and weaknesses and their preferred learning style.

The computer generated report has four sections:

1. Diagnosis and explanation of the student’s preferred learning style, which could be any of the following;

1. • Visual
   • Auditory
   • Kinaesthetic
   • Visual Kinaesthetic
   • Auditory Kinaesthetic
   • Visual Auditory

2. Assessment of the need for supplementary study support, which could recommend any of the following:

· General study skills

· Test for visual stress (colour / light sensitivity)

· Building learning confidence

3. Whether there are sufficient indicators of specific learning difficulties to warrant a full Diagnostic Dyslexia Assessment

4. Supplementary Report Student Information

• The student’s first language is English
• Breakdown for indications of areas for attention
• Left / right handed
• Eye dominance
• Hand-eye coordination
• Laterality function

What will the results tell me?

Your results will tell you:

• Your preferred learning style – auditory, visual or kinaesthetic

• Whether you will need study skills support if you are in further or higher education or taking exams of any sort

• If you are ‘at risk’ of being dyslexic.
  

There are 5 categories of ‘risk’ which are measured by indicators of dyslexia:

1. Most indicators
2. Many indicators
3. Some indicators
4. Borderline indicators
5. No indicators

What can't the test tell me?

It is important to realise that the test is only a ‘screening’ and is the first stage in diagnosing dyslexia. It will not conclusively state a diagnosis of dyslexia, this can only happen after a full and formal assessment by a specialist in the field. It will, however point you in the right direction to help you decide how to proceed.