Get Dyslexia Help in South Birmingham
Our Services
- Dyslexia Screening or Assessment ages 7-75
- Screening for Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome (Irlen Syndrome)
- Consultation to gain an understanding of your own (or your child’s learning needs)
- Strategies to enable you (or your child) to become independent learners
- Tailored reports to suit your assessment and needs, containing strategies for utilising strengths to combat weaknesses, using preferred learning styles
- Recommendations for work, FE, HE, parents/teachers/employers/LEAs/Awarding Bodies
- Access Arrangements for examinations (Reader, Scribe, Additional Time etc)
- Disabled Student’s Allowance for University students
- Proof-reading service – proof-reading and advice via email of assignments/reports/essays
- Dyslexia Awareness Training – customised to suit large/small groups/schools/organisations. Variety of venues available or in house training if required.
For more info please contact Sandra on 07734 603 422 or email on
sandra (at) freedomfromyslexia.co.uk
Assessment Information
What Does an Assessment Involve?
A FULL ASSESSMENT takes approximately an hour and a half and involves using a number of formal and informal tests to identify present achievement levels and patterns of strengths and difficulties. Tests include an assessment of Phonological Awareness which is currently stressed as an important factor for those with Specific Learning Difficulties. Tests to determine levels in the following areas are used - reading skills, phonic skills, spelling skills, receptive language, expressive language, visual and auditory discrimination, visual and auditory memory skills, handwriting, vocabulary levels, sequencing skills, laterality, non verbal reasoning, phonological awareness, numeracy if requested. General levels of intelligence will be indicated although no IQ figures are given. Clients will have the opportunity to discuss results and will receive a full written report of the test results and teaching recommendations.
A SUMMARY ASSESSMENT or screening takes approximately an hour and will include some of the above tests. Clients are given a short written summary of the test results.
Is an assessment always necessary?
Some clients come to me with recent assessments already and in these cases a Summary Assessment is all that is required to update the assessment and make recommendations. A professional assessment enables the tutor to plan the best possible teaching programme for the student, thereby encouraging the student to make maximum progress.
What is Irlen screening?
Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome (Irlen Syndrome) is a visual perceptual difficulty caused by sensitivity to light, which affects mainly reading and writing activities. It often co-exists with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and dyscalculia and can be helped with the use of coloured overlays. The screening lasts approximately one hour and clients will receive a short written report. The assessment includes trying a series of coloured overlays to see which is the most effective at improving reading ability. back to top >>