Early diagnosis of Specific Learning Disorder
Claudio Coscarella, Vito Michele Cornacchia, Letizia Machetti, Irene Folli, Amalia Prenzato, Ambra Bardazzi Panti, Sonia Fligor, Monica Zoccoli
The paper offers a reflection on the appropriateness of screening in the context of early diagnosis for Specific Learning Disorder (SLD). A word dictation test is proposed in the first term of primary year one as a predictor of serious SLD in transparent linguistic systems such as Italian. Standardised tests for early diagnosis are lacking and this paper offers a set of reading tests on the development of reading and writing in the first year of primary school.
Keywords
Screening on Specific Learning Disorder (SLD), early development of reading and writing, timely diagnostic intervention in SLD.