The DAS Preschool Team conducts Ad-Hoc and Public Early Literacy Screening throughout the year. The preschool screening aims to identify Kindergarten One and Two preschoolers experiencing challenges with early literacy, such as pre-reading , pre-spelling and early writing skills. Our Preschool Educational Therapist will conduct a quick 15 minutes of early literacy screening with your child. Next, our Educational Therapist will collect additional background information about the child’s literacy and developmental background and share their findings with parents. Finally, they will advise how our early literacy will benefit your child and the literacy components that our therapists will work on once the child is placed into the programme.
This is not a dyslexia screening or assessment, please take note the early literacy screening looks into a child’s literacy profile to identify literacy weaknesses and from there advises if a child will require additional literacy support.
The screening is not a dyslexia diagnosis but it will give you information of your child’s literacy learning needs. Eligibility for assessment is dependent on your child’s age and educational background. For more details on psychological assessments, click here.
Alphabet Knowledge |
Difficulty learning the letters or remembering the letters taught. Recognises some letters but not most. Writing the letters is laborious and may not remember how to write the strokes of most letters. Numerous consistent, Letter and number reversals |
Phonological Awareness | Has not been able to acquire skills in identifying rhyming words, count syllables in words, match letter sound to letters, join or separate letter sounds in 3-letter words i.e. c-a-t |
Word Recognition |
Does not recognise high-frequency words despite being taught such as I, a, my, the |
Difficulty with Learning Tasks |
Remembering concepts taught Take a long time to recall concepts taught Frequent task avoidance Emotional meltdowns during learning tasks |
If more than 4 of the boxes are ticked, your preschooler is recommended to come for the free online screening to assess their learning differences.
Does your preschooler experience any of these challenges?
Preschoolers in Kindergarten one or two who are experiencing persistent learning difficulties with early reading, spelling and/or writing.
Screening Type - Preschool (Estimated 45 minutes including concluding of results with parents)
Date |
To register for the screening, please call 6444 5700 (Mon to Fri – excluding public holidays, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm), no walk-in slots will be available. Our customer service staff will advice you on the next available screening slot. |
Do contact 6444 5700 for more information.