Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Assessments

Full Diagnostic Dyslexia Assessment with Visual Stress Screening: £330

A Diagnostic Dyslexia Assessment for either children or adults consists of a full range of tests to assess underlying ability, attainment in spelling, writing, reading and numeracy and a range of underpinning tests to assess working memory, speed of processing and phonological awareness. The assessment takes around three hours and can be administered over either one or two sessions.
Before the assessment the parent or client is invited to meet the assessor and a case history is taken by phone or at an initial interview.
Following the assessment a full, detailed report is written and a feedback session arranged.
The fee is charged in two parts:£170 is due when the assessment is completed and a further £160 is charged when the report is written. If dyslexia is not diagnosed or a report is not required the client has the option to decline the report and no further fee is due.
The assessment can be conducted at our offices or at the client's home. Assessments conducted at a client's home incur an additional fee, depending on location.

Short Assessments and Screening Tests

Short Dyslexia Assessment with report £150

The Dyslexia Portfolio comprises eight short tests for use with pupils in the 6-16 age-range. Underlying ability is also assessed through the Wide Range Achievement Test or British Picture Vocabulary Scales.

Test Description
Single Word Reading: A version of GL Assessment's Single Word Reading Test.
Single Word Spelling: Adapted from Single Word Spelling Test with words on a common scale for selection by the teacher at each student's level.
Reading Fluency: A silent reading exercise where the student is asked to answer 'yes' or 'no' to a series of statements (a timed test).
Phoneme Deletion: Students are required to analyse how a word will sound without the initial, middle or final phoneme and say it aloud.
Non-word Reading: A test that assesses the decoding of letter strings. Students read nonsense words from print.
Rapid Picture Naming: Students are presented with a series of pictures of everyday objects and asked to name them (a timed test).
Rate of Writing: Students are asked to copy from printed text and complete a free writing task from a given prompt (a timed test).
Digit Span: Students are required to repeat either backwards or forwards a string of digits that are given by the teacher.

The results of the tests are entered into an online report generator. A sample report can be viewed by clicking below.

Sample parent report

Arrangements Testing (exam concessions)Access from £175

This assessment is for children or adults who have previously been diagnosed with a Specific Learning Difficulty or who have previously received Access Arrangements in either National Curriculum Tests or GSCE, GNVQ or GCE examinations. The assessments tests reading accuracy, speed and comprehension; spelling, written fluency and accuracy; and speed of processing. Additional tests are sometimes included.

Dyscalculia Screening £35

The Dyscalculia Screener is a computerised programme designed for 6-14 year old pupils. It consists of a number of subtests designed to identify dyscalculia and poor arithmetic. The programme takes approximately an hour to complete and an individualised report is produced.

Intelligence Testing £40

The Wide Range Intelligence Test(WRIT) is used to assess verbal and non-verbal underlying ability and provides an overview of the candidate’s underlying ability and potential.

Literacy Assessment £100

A literacy assessment assesses the following skills: reading accuracy at single word level and text level; reading comprehension; phonemic decoding: spelling and written fluency. A brief report is included detailing the results and recommendations.

Numeracy Assessment £80

This includes a standardised test to assess numerical skills along with some informal tests to assess mental maths, times-tables and attainment in line with the National Numeracy Strategy Objectives. A brief report is included detailing the results and recommendations. The Dyscalculia Screener can be added to this assessment for an additional £20.

Visual Stress Screening £35

A visual stress screening will assess the use of coloured overlays to help ease the symptoms of visual stress and print distortion. The student will receive a coloured overlay and reading ruler to use at home.

Access to Work Assessments from £250

These are for clients who wish to obtain Access to Work Funding. The fee depends on the exact nature of the client's job and if a previous diagnosis has been made. Further information can be found by clicking on the link to the left.
Please telephone to discuss your exact needs

Disabled Students' Assessments (DSA) £330

This is for students entering Higher Education who are applying for the Disabled Student's Allowance. For further information see the link at the left of this page.

Ways To Pay

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