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Remote Dyslexia assessments and dyscalculia screening

The Dyslexia UK provide Remote Dyslexia Assessments and Dyscalculia Screening for children, students and adults.

For children

For some children, despite targeted specific support, they struggle with aspects of their learning and fall behind their peers at school. This can lead to feelings of frustration, failure and a lack of confidence that can impact upon many aspects of life. These learning difficulties could be in relation to difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, or with broader aspects of learning, such as sequencing (for example struggling to remember the months of the year), memory or processing speed.

In all cases, the first person to speak to would be the school’s SENCO. They will be able to advise and might provide a dyslexia or dyscalculia screener. It might be that they recommend a diagnostic assessment for dyslexia with a specialist assessor.

An assessment for dyslexia investigates all of these areas in order to identify a child’s strengths and areas of difficulty. This enables the development of personalised recommendations for home and school. An assessment for dyslexia can be completed for children from the age of 7 years old. A diagnosis of dyslexia lasts for life. This means that if the diagnosis of dyslexia is conducted when a child is at primary school, it is still valid when they are at secondary school, university and the workplace. It is not necessary to have another assessment report at a later date.

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For adults

An assessment is a useful step to understanding the obstacles that are restricting progress and self-belief. It helps a person to have a deeper understanding of how they learn, process and retain information. A dyslexia assessment can provide an explanation for an individual's difficulties within the workplace as well as supportive strategies that will help them to succeed.

A dyslexia assessment will investigate:

Underlying ability: Verbal and Non-Verbal underlying ability.
Information Processing: Phonological processing; Working memory; Processing speed.
Academic attainment: Single word reading; Timed reading; Reading comprehension; Spelling; Handwriting speed, clarity and expression.

Based upon the background information, attainment in tests and observations, the assessment will diagnose whether or not you have dyslexia, resulting in a formal diagnosis. This diagnosis lasts for life and there is no need to get a further assessment at a later date.

Even if there is insufficient evidence to support a diagnosis of dyslexia, you will receive a detailed report that provides information about your performance in the areas assessed which outlines the strengths and areas for development. Personalised recommendations for home and the workplace will be provided which will help both the employer and employee to gain the support they need. Recommendations might include referrals to other professionals for further investigation.

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For students

The 3 main benefits of a dyslexia diagnosis report are:

The report will come with many recommendations so that your school, college or university will have specific information on how best to support you.
The school, college or university will be better equipped to apply for examination access arrangement support such as extra time, a reader, a scribe etc.
An individual will be entitled to apply for financial support via the Disability Students' Allowance when at college or university.

Many people have developed strategies and techniques that have helped support them in their learning to overcome their difficulties. However, as they progress throughout their education and as the workload and complexity of tasks increases, they find that these strategies no longer work. It is not unusual for a person to discover that although they were top of the class at primary school, they now struggle at secondary school. Likewise, many people are successful at GCSE level, but the depth of analysis and reading at A-Level means that they are unable to keep up. In other cases, it is only when the person gets to college or university that they realise they may be dyslexic.

In all cases, the first person to speak to would be the school’s SENCO or the Student Support Team at university. They will be able to advise further and might provide a dyslexia or dyscalculia screener. It might be that they recommend a diagnostic assessment of dyslexia with a specialist assessor.

An assessment of dyslexia investigates all of these areas in order to identify a student’s strengths and areas of difficulty. This enables the development of personalised recommendations for home and the educational establishment. A diagnosis of dyslexia lasts for life. This means that the diagnosis of dyslexia is still valid when the person is at college, university and the workplace. It is not necessary to have another assessment report at a later date.

In this useful video Jo explains how a diagnosis of dyslexia has helped her https://youtu.be/CjgYozVAds4

For students at school, as well as advice on areas to focus upon to provide targeted support, an assessment of dyslexia can make recommendations for the school to assess with relation to examination access arrangements.

For students at university, an assessment of dyslexia can make recommendations on examination access arrangements that the university should be providing. It also enables the student to claim Disabled Student Support Allowance (DSA).

The Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) is a government fund that provides support for UK students with a disability (including those with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia). This support includes assistance with the cost of specialist equipment, one to one support and access arrangements.

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