PREDICTORS:

• Single best predictor of later literacy skills: phonological processing

  • Kids who struggle with Phonological Processing at preschool level or 5 or 6 are likely to show a LD later

• One indicator of a future LD in pre-school kids is having difficulty with visual motor tasks (doesn’t involve language, but still a big predictor because it is inter-sensory or multi-sensory)

• Hard neurological signs: perform within limits on neurological tests

• Soft neurological signs (most people could never tell except neurologists)

  • Most of us have a swirl on top of head, kids with neurological disabilities tend to have 2 center points
  • Index finger longer than ring finger