Understanding the Assessment Process

The first step is to connect with your school’s Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) and voice your concerns.
They may carry out a screener which can identify areas of weakness.
Contact us by email with the following details:

We will give an explanation of the assessment proccess via email with all details you will need to know.
We ask parents/carers to fill out 2 questionnaires:
1. In-depth parent questionnaire
2. Visual screening difficulties questionnaire
These questionnaires give us a better understanding of the child's background, their strengths and the difficulties that they are facing.
If the child presents with tendencies that are not exclusive to, or beyond, the dyslexia profile and Delia feels that they need to be referred on, she will advise accordingly.
If we believe it is appropriate for your child to assessed for dyslexia with us, we will arrange a time to speak with Delia over the phone to chat in brief about your concerns and the assessment proccess.
We will then send you over a provisional assessment date with details on how to secure the date and book the assessment.

When we send you a provisional date for the assessment, we will also you ask you for further background information which takes the form of:
1. A copy of the child's most recent school report
2. A teacher questionnaire which must be sent to your child's class teacher
We must have all questionnaires and reports sent back to us before the assessment date. If we do not receive all the questionnaires back before the assessment date, there will be a significant delay in the report getting back to you.
We will ask for a deposit and once received, a confirmation letter is sent out to you confirming the date and other details.
We throughouly recommend getting your child a 'school vision test' before an assessment to test for tracking and diversions, we have a number of optometrists that we can recommend to you. Any prescriptions made will need to be implemented before a dyslexia assessment can be performed.

The assessment usually starts at 9:00am and finishes by 1pm.
This is followed by an approx 1.5 hour face-to-face consultation afterwards with parents/carers.
As there are two Specialist Assessors, we are able to run through what each of the tests mean for your child’s learning outcome and whether they are dyslexic.
An explanation of the findings is also given to the student at the end, in a empowering and age-appropriate way.
We also cover next steps and action points for home, school and outside specialist intervention, where required.
Delia can organise a post assessment liaison by phone with your child's school SENCo, where required.
You will receive the written Diagnostic Assessment Report via email up to 4 working weeks (academic year) later.

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