Every Wednesday, we take you inside the AFS-Test, the standardized assessment that allows Certified Dyslexia Trainers to definitively diagnose and categorize dyslexia and dyscalculia. This is week 3 of 25.

This week: The Three Levels of Diagnostics

When a child struggles in school, parents often travel a confusing road between teachers, psychologists, and doctors. Diagnostics happen on three levels: the medical, the psychological, and the pedagogical-didactic level. Each answers different questions, and none can replace the others. The pedagogical-didactic level, where the AFS-Test works, is so often the missing piece: it looks at how a child actually reads, writes, and calculates, and what kind of targeted training will help. Only when this level is included does a diagnosis lead directly to support.

About the AFS-Test

The standardized Attention-Function-Symptom Test has been used worldwide for more than 25 years. It examines the attention span, the sensory perceptions, and the error symptoms of a child, and turns the results into an individualized training plan following the AFS-Method.

Find a Certified Trainer

Certified Dyslexia Trainers conduct the standardized AFS-Test in your area or remotely. Learn more and find a Certified Trainer near you: dyslexiatest.com

You can find all published articles of this series under the tag AFS-Test Series.