Symptom Tests Learning Disability Symptom Test for Children By ADDitude Editors Medically reviewed by ADDitude’s ADHD Medical Review Panel If your child continues to struggle academically even after treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), he or she may be among the 30 to 50 percent of individuals with ADHD who also have a learning disability (LD). The symptoms in this self-test relate primarily to elementary school, which is when LD is most often identified. Complete this test and take the results to an education professional for evaluation. This self-test is designed to determine whether your child shows symptoms similar to those with learning disabilities, but it is not a diagnostic tool. A trained educational psychologist can make a diagnosis of learning disabilities through clinical evaluation. This self-test is for personal use only. From the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. Does your child confuse math symbols and misread numbers? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child make mistakes when reading aloud, and/or repeat and pause? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Did your child have trouble learning the alphabet, rhyming words, or connecting letters to their sounds? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have trouble understanding humor, puns, comic strips, idioms, and sarcasm? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have trouble telling time or conceptualizing the passage of time? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have real trouble with spelling, remembering the sounds that letters make, or hearing slight differences between words? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child ignore the social rules of conversations, such as taking turns or standing a comfortable distance from his or her conversation partner? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have very messy handwriting or does he hold a pencil awkwardly? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does or did your child have trouble with buttons, hooks, snaps, and zippers? Or with learning to tie his or her shoes? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have difficulty knowing where to begin a task and/or how to proceed from there? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have trouble organizing what he or she wants to say or thinking of the word he or she needs when writing or in conversation? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child appear awkward or clumsy, dropping, spilling, or knocking things over a lot? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have a hard time understanding what he or she reads? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child struggle to express ideas in writing? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Did your child learn language late and/or have a limited vocabulary? Yes No None Does your child mispronounce words or use an incorrect word that sounds similar? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have difficulty understanding instructions or following directions? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None Does your child have trouble retelling a story in order (what happened first, second, third)? Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never None (Optional) Would you like to receive your learning disability symptom test results — plus more helpful resources — via email from ADDitude? Sign me up for the ADDitude newsletter for parents of neurodivergent kids. {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Your submission failed. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Learn More{{/message}}{{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}It appears your submission was successful. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Learn More{{/message}}Submitting… Time's up Updated on September 5, 2023
