Camp Delafield

★Tracey Meyer

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY GOING TO DII. You’d think with the word Dyslexia in their name that they’d be the best choice and have the most up to date methods for diagnosis but that is not the case. Recently took my 15 year old whom I suspected had dyslexia and after $1200 spent got a diagnosis of anxiety. Knew this was wrong because I’d already had my daughter tested with a family friend who specializes in Dyslexia but lives in VA who had confirmed my suspicions. She implored me to find another Indiana provider so I could get my daughter a much needed 504 at school and tutoring. My family friend also pointed out a couple of key things about DII’s methods that were clear indicators to her that they are grossly outdated in their approach and testing. Some of these include that DII’s psychologist’s background was in behavioral sciences with no speciality in reading or learning disabilities, their tests were achievement tests only, they don’t have a Speech Language Pathologist on staff, had no access or familiarity with the PAST test, RAN test, CTOP test etc. and had no idea of the certification level of any of their OG tutors. Do yourself a favor and spend your money with Dr. Horn at Beacon who can do a thorough and in depth psycho educational analysis. As it turns out, ever professional we’ve seen OTHER THAN DII has agreed that my daughter is very much dyslexic. When I reached to DII to explain my frustration with taking my $1200 and offering me a very unprofessional analysis and report afterwards, they promised to pay for additional testing for my daughter with an outside SLP and then refused to reimburse me after I had the testing done. These people didn’t care at all whether they helped my child or not and proved they don’t adhere to standard principled business practices either. I’d steer far away from this business if you suspect your child is dyslexic as DII is in the business of taking money with little regard for actually helping children.