Psych CASC / OSCE · Child and adolescent psychiatry — specific learning disorder
Explain specific learning disorder and school plan — CASC communication station
MRCPsych/FRANZCP-style communication station: explain SLD, reject laziness narrative, clarify educational treatment and accommodations, address medication and pseudoscientific cures.
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Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the CAMHS psychiatry registrar. [1]
Candidate instructions. Engage empathically; explain SLD/dyslexia in plain language (brain-based learning of reading skills, not low intelligence); outline multi-source assessment and why instructional response matters; explain that intensive structured reading teaching and school accommodations are the core plan; address medication expectations honestly; gently correct coloured-glasses-as-cure claims without shaming; check understanding and agree next steps. [2][3][4]
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- [1]American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with language and learning disorders. AACAP J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 1998.PMID 9785728
- [2]Galuschka K, Ise E, Krick K, Schulte-Körne G Effectiveness of treatment approaches for children and adolescents with reading disabilities: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials PLoS One, 2014.PMID 24587110
- [3]Grigorenko EL, Compton DL, Fuchs LS, et al. Understanding, educating, and supporting children with specific learning disabilities: 50 years of science and practice Am Psychol, 2020.PMID 31081650
- [4]Peterson RL, Pennington BF Developmental dyslexia Lancet, 2012.PMID 22513218
- [5]Miciak J, Fletcher JM The Critical Role of Instructional Response for Identifying Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities J Learn Disabil, 2020.PMID 32075514