Tara, I think that the reason you didn't get many responses on your other post is that not many of us here are familiar with the DAS-II. I personally still think that if there is any way you can get a private neuropsych eval that would be the thing to do next. We were able to have our neuropsych eval covered through our insurance - I think you can frame this as medical, the trick is for you not to make the diagnosis yourself - as in, you're asking (I think) right now for an eval for reading difficulties (since you suspect dyslexia). We had a medical referral from our dr to the neuropsych because of anxiety etc - the issues were perceived, by our dr, to be medical, even though ultimately the anxiety was clearly due to an undiagnosed LD.
Next thing, about dyslexia - from what I've seen of most school districts and most reading specialists, there is a very clear definition of what defines dyslexia and it does depend on being below a low bar (here it's something like 25th percentile) on certain types of testing. That said, that doesn't mean that an EG child who has an average score on a specific reading skill isn't challenged with reading, just as it doesn't mean that a typical kid who is scoring at the 26th percentile in whatever skill it is isn't also dyslexic. The percentile bars are used by schools to determine eligibility for services (and even those can be argued, if you have a clear idea re the way your child is challenged. The more important thing perhaps is that there are *many* types of reading challenges, not just traditional dyslexia.
Would you mind posting the other WRMT-II subtest scores? I'm curious where she scored 50th percentile.
Also, would you mind reminding us what challenges you see your dd having with academics? Why was she tested to begin with? I'm sorry if you've posted that already and I've forgotten!
Best wishes,
polarbear
