Descriptive properties of a set of selected tasks for dyslexia screening in french school age children

Dyslexia is a specific disorder of language. Researches led on dyslexia origin have conducted to multiple hypotheses and various rehabilitation treatments. In this context, practitioners can be interested in using an automatic tool to help in diagnosing dyslexia. This tool should evaluate children's own deficit and advise adapted rehabilitation. This paper presents the first step of the conception of such a tool and the development of a preliminary test containing the most representative dyslexia evaluation tasks from literature. The first results concerning the descriptive properties of this preliminary test in French school age children (8–10 years) are also presented.