This profile was adopted by the Tennessee Center for Dyslexia to support the diagnosis of dyslexia as a discrete reading disability.

• Intelligence and Listening Comprehension > 90
• Reading Comprehension 8 or more standard score points < IQ and Listening Comprehension
• Word Recognition, Spelling, and Word Attack are all 15 or more standard score points < IQ and Listening Comprehension
• Processing Deficit
  • Phonological Awareness and Phonological Sequencing are well below age level expectations
  • Naming Speed may also be well below age level expectations