Question
I am currently evaluating a 10 year old boy who has a diagnosis of ADHD and dyslexia. On the RAN/RAS he fell below average on all subtests but letter naming, which was SS94. Based on word retrieval questions from a neuropsychology evaluation done a few mo
Answer
To begin with, the question whether Word Association is different form Rapid Naming, I would answer yes. One involves naming words in a category - a vocabulary task; the other is a "Say it See it" task, a task that is frequently deficient in children with dyslexia or learning disabilities. Dyslexic children often have problems with rapid naming skills- a skill of automaticity of words is often deviant. According to Marianne Wolf, a reading specialist, Dyslexic children typically have problems naming common symbols, like colors, numbers, and letters rapidly. So rapid naming should be assessed. A "see it say it" task is cross hemispheric, involving both the right and left hemispheres.
Dr. Donna Geffner is the Director of the Graduate Programs in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and the Speech and Hearing Center at St. John's University. She is the author of two textbooks, a Monograph, The Listening Inventory and over 300 papers and articles and presentations on the topics of auditory processing, language and AD/HD.
Donna Geffner, Ph.D
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