how to tell if should test child for dyslexia?

[Ruth in CA]

So... my dd has switched letters and numbers occasionally, written her name backwards perfectly etc. when stressed. She has always been able to compensate for those issues though. So I just let her compensate, thinking there might be a little dyslexia there, but its not something to do anything about. Recently, these issues have increased --she's taking trig/pre-calc and chem and she can explain the concepts to me, but get's frustrated with the work and regularly switches numbers, makes basic math mistakes due to number switching or thinking she wrote down one thing when she wrote down another etc. (I've watched her do her math and I've seen her put a number down switched but tell me, even after looking at it that the number is correct.) Her level of frustration is high at the moment and I am wondering if I may have done her a disservice by not getting her evaluated for dyslexia. I'm not quite sure what to do. Could this be a form of dyslexia? How can I help her?

[TippyCanoe]

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[Ruth in CA]

Thank you. i will look into a developmental optometrist

[wapiti]

Thank you. i will look into a developmental optometrist

see the provider locater at

http://Www.covd.org

Edited April 21, 2012 by wapiti

[PeterPan]

Yup, that's what I was going to say, to start with her eyes when all you have are the visual symptoms.