Dyslexia - The Danks Davis Tutoring Method

Dyslexia tutoring: Student Results Case 4

Case 4, Girl, 8 years 4 months, tutored 1 year 10 months
	test age at assessment	test age at reassessment
Auditory memory	approx. 5.0 years	11.8
Vocabulary (WISC-III)	7.10 years	10.10 years
Reading accuracy	less than 6.0 years	11.5-12.7 years
Reading comprehension	5.4-7.1 years	9.10-11.7 years
Spelling age	5.7 years	10.3 years
Ratio gains Auditory memory = 3.64; vocabulary = 1.64; reading accuracy = 3.2; reading comprehension = 2.4; spelling = 2.55 Reassessment summary by psychologist “In just less than 2 years she has progressed from a pre-reader to a child who loves reading and is reading with understanding approximately 2 or 3 years above her chronological age. Her spelling has improved approximately 5 years over the past 2 years. [She] is now an excellent listener; she listens accurately at a level approximately 3 years above her age.”