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  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 11 of 25: Auditory Memory

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 11 of 25: Auditory Memory

    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 11 of 25.

    This week: Auditory Memory

    Auditory memory stores what we hear: instructions, dictated sentences, the sound of words. A child with underdeveloped auditory memory loses parts of a dictation on the way to the paper, forgets multi-step instructions, and struggles to hold new vocabulary. This has nothing to do with effort or intelligence. The standardized AFS-Test measures auditory memory precisely, so that training can strengthen exactly this storage system with daily, playful exercises.

    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.

  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 10 of 25: Auditory Recognition

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 10 of 25: Auditory Recognition

    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 10 of 25.

    This week: Auditory Recognition

    Auditory recognition lets a child pick the important sound out of everything they hear, and tell similar sounds apart: d and t, g and k, m and n. If these distinctions are not reliable, spelling by sound becomes a guessing game. The standardized AFS-Test checks auditory recognition with listening exercises that show whether the child truly hears the difference between similar sounds. Where it is needed, targeted hearing exercises build this foundation before spelling rules can do their work.

    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.

  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 9 of 25: Visual Sequencing

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 9 of 25: Visual Sequencing

    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 9 of 25.

    This week: Visual Sequencing

    Visual sequencing keeps things in order: the sequence of letters in a word, of digits in a number, of words in a line. When it is underdeveloped, letters swap places and ‘was’ becomes ‘saw’. The child is not careless: their processing of order is simply different. The standardized AFS-Test checks visual sequencing with exercises where order is everything. Once the cause is identified and categorized, sequencing can be trained systematically, and reading becomes noticeably more stable.

    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.

  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 8 of 25: Visual Memory

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 8 of 25: Visual Memory

    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 8 of 25.

    This week: Visual Memory

    Visual memory stores what we have seen: the image of a word, the shape of a letter, the look of a number. Spelling depends on it heavily, because writers constantly compare what they write against the stored images of words. A child with underdeveloped visual memory can read a word ten times and still write it differently the eleventh time. The standardized AFS-Test measures visual memory with matching exercises, and the result shows exactly whether this storage system needs targeted training.

    Week 8 in under a minute. Watch more on our YouTube channel American Dyslexia Association.

    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.

  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 7 of 25: Visual Recognition

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 7 of 25: Visual Recognition

    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 7 of 25.

    This week: Visual Recognition

    Visual recognition is the ability to spot the essential detail and tell similar shapes apart: b and d, ie and ei, 6 and 9. A child with underdeveloped visual recognition sees perfectly well, but sorting what they see takes longer and costs more effort. In the standardized AFS-Test, the child works through playful exercises that show precisely how reliably they differentiate optical patterns. If this area needs support, targeted training strengthens it step by step, before letters are even involved.

    Week 7 in under a minute. Watch more on our YouTube channel American Dyslexia Association.

    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.

  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 6 of 25: The Sensory Foundations

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 6 of 25: The Sensory Foundations

    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 6 of 25.

    This week: The Sensory Foundations

    Reading, writing, and arithmetic rest on a network of sensory perceptions working together: seeing precisely, hearing precisely, and knowing where you are in space. When one of these functions is differently developed, the brain compensates, and that costs energy, speed, and accuracy. The standardized AFS-Test checks eight function areas, from visual recognition to body perception, to definitively diagnose and categorize where support is needed. Over the next eight weeks, we will look at each one of them: what it does, how the test checks it, and what training looks like when it needs strengthening.

    Week 6 in under a minute. Watch more on our YouTube channel American Dyslexia Association.

    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.

  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 5 of 25: The Attention Test

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 5 of 25: The Attention Test

    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 5 of 25.

    This week: The Attention Test

    Attention is where every reading or math task begins. The AFS-Test measures how well a child can focus their thoughts on symbols: letters, numbers, and words. Many dyslexic children are perfectly attentive when playing or building, but drift the moment symbols appear. This situational inattentiveness is not ADHD, and telling the two apart matters, because each calls for completely different support. The attention section of the standardized AFS-Test makes this measurable, in playful parts a child can complete without fear.

    Week 5 in under a minute. Watch more on our YouTube channel American Dyslexia Association.

    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.

  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 4 of 25: Why Screenings Are Not Enough

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 4 of 25: Why Screenings Are Not Enough

    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 4 of 25.

    This week: Why Screenings Are Not Enough

    A child can score average on a screening and still struggle every single day. Screenings, reading tests, IQ tests, and phonological assessments each look through one small window, and none of them alone can definitively diagnose and categorize dyslexia. The AFS-Test takes the comprehensive route: it examines the attention span, eight areas of sensory perception, and the concrete error symptoms a child shows when reading, spelling, or calculating. Only when all three areas are tested together does the full picture appear, and with it the right kind of help.

    Week 4 in under a minute. Watch more on our YouTube channel American Dyslexia Association.

    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.

  • Inside the AFS-Test, Week 3 of 25: The Three Levels of Diagnostics

    Inside the AFS-Test, Week 3 of 25: The Three Levels of Diagnostics

    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.

    Week 3 in under a minute. Watch more on our YouTube channel American Dyslexia Association.

    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.

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