TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN

This has reference to Ms. XXXX T, 14 year old, pursuing her 10 th grade at
NAME OF School, (Place). The academic institution comes under Indian
Certificate of Secondary Education and follows the (ICSE, CBSE) syllabus. She
was found to have average intelligence. IQ measured by WISC is 97 which fall
under 92-102 confidence level indicating average intellectual ability.
NIMHANS SLD indicates the difficulty in processing the grade level
Mathematical problems which is manifesting as below grade level performance
in Mathematics and other subjects. She finds the subjects associated with
arithmetic problems difficult.

In view of this, the girl is recommended to avail benefits such as extra time
during examination and permission to use calculator for computation in
Mathematics and physics and all the benefits may be given as per ICSE
Board rules and regulations.
EXAMINEE

AGE

GRADE

DATE OF BIRTH

GENDER

DATE OF ASSESSMENT

TESTS ADMINISTERED

AGE AT TESTING

REASON FOR REFERRAL

Ms. P T is a 14 year old girl (DOB: 21/10/2004) and is currently pursuing her 10 th grade in an
English medium private school in Bangalore. Ms. P was referred for an evaluation by her
school for an assessment as she was experiencing academic difficulties.
She lives with her family comprising of her parents and two elder brothers. The student is
reported to have difficulties with mathematics. She gets academic assistance from the
remedial classes provided by the school.

LANGUAGE
Ms. P speaks English, Hindi and Tamil which she has been exposed to since birth. The
language spoken in P’s home is Tamil. It was observed that the student’s speech was clear
and intelligible and the student demonstrated English proficiency.
BEHAVIOURAL OBSERVATIONS

Ms. P arrived on time for the assessment and was accompanied by her teacher from her
school. She appeared alert and oriented, and appeared to put her best effort into the testing
process. She was curious and excited about the assessment initially, and stayed motivated
throughout the testing process.

NIMHANS SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY (NIMHANS SLD II ) REPORT

TEST FINDINGS:
The NIMHANS Index for Specific Learning Disability was administered to assess learning
problems that interfere with her academic achievement. Ms.P was administered and assessed
with Level II of the battery.

ATTENTION: She completed the two digit cancellation grid in 8 minutes and 29 seconds
with many errors of omission and no errors of commission. This was below the average range
for children her age and standard.

● Moderate difficulty sustained attention, can be improved

VISUO-SPATIAL PERCEPTION: Her ability to measure visuo-spatial perception, visual

and verbal conceptualization and immediate memory span was identified using the Benton
Visual Retention Test (BVRT). She could successfully recall and reproduce the simple
geometrical designs, while the cards comprising of complex geometrical designs and many
figures were not reproduced aptly. The difficulty in retention of the figure was evident in the
figures reproduced by the subject. Some of the figures were partially recalled and reproduced.

● Moderate impairment in Visuo-spatial Perception

SPELLINGS: She was assessed for written and oral spellings for familiar words at easy and
intermediate, levels. The score acquired was 29 out of 38 words. An analysis of spelling
errors revealed inattention, phonemic processing of words as well as omissions (disheartened
= disheartned, dissecting = disecting, correspondent = coressponded). However, she is still
performing at an average level with respect to spelling.

● Spelling Difficulty due to Inattention and Phonemic Processing

WRITING: The written expression test indicated inadequate content with average
vocabulary and minimal grammatical errors. While formation of sentences appears to be
adequate, her letter formation (Letter ‘f’), grammar and punctuation can be improved upon.
Her writing speed is found to be moderate.

● Mild Difficulty in Writing in terms of content and vocabulary.

READING: She was given a passage to read of level 8. She could read level 8 with little to
no effort. An error analysis showed mild difficulties in picking up phonetic cues and ignoring
punctuation at places. She appeared to have difficulty reading uncommon words such as
‘corrugated, dissecting and agonizing’. However, she was generally able to read the entire
passage with ease and reads at Independent level of reading at grade 8 level.

● Adequate Reading Ability.

COMPREHENSION: Ms. P was able to perform adequately on the test of comprehension.

The test score of 9 out of 10 indicates adequate reading comprehension

● Adequate Reading Comprehension

DIAGNOSTIC ARITHMETIC TEST: Ms. P on the diagnostic arithmetic test was able to
solve most of the problems of graded addition, graded subtraction, graded multiplication and
graded division correctly. She was able to solve basic fractions problems although they were
incorrect. A better conceptual understanding of the same can enable an improvement in
arithmetic. She is also slow in computation. Her functioning level in Mathematics is
appropriate to the middle of VIII grade.

● Moderate difficulty in Arithmetic.

SUMMARY OF TEST FINDINGS
Ms. P is administered WISC IV and NIMHANS Index for Specific Learning Disabilities-
Level II (SLD-II) as a part of her psycho-educational assessment.
Her performance in WISC indicates average intellectual ability. The administration of SLD-II
indicates moderate difficulty in sustained attention, impairment in visuo-spatial perception,
spelling, writing and Arithmetic.

SEVERITY RATING

Intelligence Assessment findings (specify): AVERAGE

Domain Disability Disability Disability

absent Present: Present:
Severity Level Severity
1
Level 2
NIMHAN Reading ✔
S Reading ✔
Index Comprehension
for Listening ✔
Specific Comprehension
Learning Spelling ✔
Disabiliti Writing - ✔ Not
es (Level Copying applicable
II) Written ✔ Not
expression applicable
Arithmetic ✔
Mathematics (Curriculum-based) ✔ Not
applicable

SUMMARY
Ms. P is a bright girl with adequate interest in academics. She speaks fluently. Her social
behaviour is normal. She requires to put a lot of effort while computation. Her reading is
independent and fluent at VIII Grade. Comprehension is found to be adequate.

SUGGESTIONS:

● Parental Psycho-education

● Remedial training in writing, spelling and arithmetic.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

● Additional time to complete examination papers.

● She should be permitted to use calculator only for calculation purpose in mathematics

and physics.

● She should not be penalized for spelling errors.