Tell-Tale Signs

Checklist for
Signs of Processing Deficits

Print this page, then, check the signs that apply to your child.

Also, please fill out the Questionnaire. Please bring all printed documents with you to your consultation.

AUDITORY PROCESSING DEFICITS
	Delayed onset of speech and language milestones, in an otherwise normally developing child
	Chronic ear infections, starting before age one
	Difficulty learning the alphabet
	Difficulty playing rhyming games or games like pig latin
	Frequently asks to have information repeated
	Failure to follow commands
	Difficulty repeating long, complex words
	Difficulty learning to spell and read
	Difficulty sounding out words

VISUAL PROCESSING DEFICITS
	Trouble copying
	Frequently loses place when reading
	A short attention span
	Inability to concentrate when reading
	Tilting the head or rubbing one eye
	Reversal of numbers and letters
	Confusing the order of numbers
	Excessive effort required to do classwork
	Omission and/or substitution of small words when reading aloud
	Difficulty with writing

TIMING, CONCENTRATION AND MOTOR PROCESSING DEFICITS
	Clumsy	Delayed response time for verbal and visual motor tasks
	Uncoordinated	Problems staying in rhythm when singing or dancing
	Difficulty with transitioning	Problems staying in rhythm when tapping or clapping
	Tactile defensiveness: overly sensitive to clothing, shoes, tags.	Snappy, chaotic motor movements
	Delayed mastery of sitting, crawling and/or walking	Previously diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Disorder, with or without Hyperactivity
	Delayed mastery of tying shoes, buttoning shirt and/or using utensils

Merritt Speech & Learning
Dana M. Merritt, M.S. CCC-SLP, IMT
904-721-4122

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