About Hillside
- - - “The small class size was helpful for lowering my son’s shame about dyslexia.”
      — Amy R. – Hillside parent
    - IS HILLSIDE RIGHT
      FOR YOUR CHILD?
Admissions
- - - Students entering grades 1–12 who have been diagnosed with dyslexia or another language-based learning disability are encouraged to apply.
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Summer School
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Parents
- - - The Parents Handbook contains all you need to know to about attending Hillside School.
    - PARENTS HANDBOOK
Assessment
- - - Assessments help to gain understanding and clarity regarding a child’s cognitive and processing skills.
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HillTOPICS

Possible Test Components

Cognitive –Woodcock Johnson Cognitive IV

Comprehension Knowledge (vocab, general knowledge)
Fluid Reasoning
Perceptual or Processing Speed
Working Memory
Visual/Spatial Thinking
Auditory Processing

Reading–Woodcock Johnson Achievement IV

Letter/Word Identification
Spelling
Reading Comprehension
Word Attack
Reading Recall
Reading Fluency
(Writing Fluency)

Gray Oral Reading Test 5— optional

Woodcock Johnson Language Processing IV (related to dyslexia)

Retrieval Fluency
Rapid Picture Naming

Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing 2 (specific dyslexia testing)

Phonological Awareness
Phonological Memory
Rapid Symbolic Naming

Math—Key Math 3 Selected subtests

Assessment of concepts and computation (dyscalculia can be determined)

Math—Woodcock Johnson Achievement IV

Calculation, Math Fluency, Applied Problems

Beery Test of Visual-Motor Integration (dysgraphia)

Occasionally subtests from both the Key Math and Woodcock Johnson math are used depending on what is needed. Additional tests are included depending on the individual such as Auditory Processing, Visual Motor Integration, etc.