The revised Dyslexia Screening Test now covers primary and secondary school-aged children in two separate assessments. The division of the DST into two tests, DST-Junior and DST-Secondary include extra subtests which are particularly relevant to the age group. 

The DST-J provides a profile of strengths and weaknesses which can be used to guide the development of in-school support for the child. 

New theoretical developments in dyslexia research suggest that it should be possible to identify both slow learners and potential dyslexic children at the age of 5 or 6 years, in time for greater reading support. The DST-J is designed for early identification of children who are at risk of reading failure so that they can be given extra support at school. 

The DST-J replaces the best selling DST and reflects changes in theory and practice since this initial publication with additional subtests, validation studies and case histories and scoring software. 

The DST-J consists of the following subtests:

• Rapid Naming 

• Bead Threading 

• One Minute Reading 

• Postural Stability 

• Phonemic Segmentation 

• Two Minute Spelling 

• Backwards Digit Span 

• Nonsense Passage Reading 

• One Minute Writing 

• Verbal Fluency 

• Rhyme NEW 

• Vocabulary NEW

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