Your child may experience difficulties with either:
- Reading
- Spelling
- Writing
- Memory
- Organisation
- Sequencing
If your child exhibits some or all these signs, then it is advisable for your child to be assessed. This will show a full picture of their strengths and weakness. Their learning style will be revealed and recommendations in the report will allow future support to be as effective as possible.
- Does your child reverse letters and numbers? Eg. b/d 6/9
- Does your child find reading very difficult/ dislikes reading?
- Does your child have difficulty learning spellings and times tables? Can they learn them and then forget them?
- Does your child have difficulty remembering instructions, especially if there are more than one?
- Does your child have difficulty with sequencing the alphabet, Months of the Year, Days of the Week, a piece of writing?
- Is your child disorganised?
- Does/did your child have difficulty learning the time?
- Is there a history of dyslexia in the family?
Text or phone me and I can chat through your concerns.
Assessment: What to expect
To book an assessment, you will need to fill in the Booking Form emailed to you, the parent or carer, which must be completed and returned with £35 deposit.
Payment can be made by Apple Pay, BACS or cash.
The remaining balance of £430 + travel expenses (45p per mile) must be made before or at the time of the assessment.
I am a qualified teacher who is also a specialist teacher and assessor of dyslexia.
I am based just outside Buckingham so perfectly placed to cover Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and London.
Since 1999 I have had extensive experience of working with pupils with dyslexia and co-occurring difficulties, as well as assessing pupils for dyslexia.
I have worked in a variety of settings which included the then Dyslexia Institute (now Dyslexia Action), a dyslexia unit within a mainstream school, two specialist schools for dyslexic pupils, being a SENCo for a Pre-Prep department alongside working in a Learning Support department for the junior school and being a private tutor.
Prior to that I have also taught primary mainstream, pupils with severe learning difficulties and pupils with physical disabilities.
I have a teaching BEd (Hons) degree, a Post Graduate Diploma in SpLD (Dyslexia)and an Assessing Practicing Certificate. I am also a Member of the Dyslexia Guild and am on both the SASC (SpLD Assessment Standards Committee) and Dyslexia Guild lists of assessors.
Essex Close-Smith
Specialist dyslexia teacher and assessor
QTS, BEd(Hons), PGDipSpLD (Dyslexia), APC, MDG.
Text or phone me and I can chat through your concerns.
