Cleveland Dyslexia Assessments

Dyslexia and Dyscalculia assessments are carried out by Jayne Holland from a base in Saltburn. She is a graduate of English and is a qualified teacher with a specialist post-graduate qualification in Dyslexia. Jayne holds a Patoss Assessment Practising Certificate. She is also DBS (formerly CRB) checked.
You can find her on the Tutor and Assessor Index of the Professional Association for Teachers and Assessor of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties www.patoss-dyslexia.org
Prior to moving back to Cleveland she worked as a Specialist Teacher of students with Specific Learning Difficulties in both the Primary and Secondary sector.
For more information regarding assessments and to arrange an initial free consultation, please send a private message.
You may find the information below useful.
Dyslexia
No two people with Dyslexia are the same but nearly all will experience some difficulty with reading accurately and fluently and with spelling correctly.
A range of other difficulties may also be present. There may be visual stress, reversals of numbers and letters, slower processing speed, poor organisation, poor working memory, slow handwriting speed or difficulties with sequencing. Some people with Dyslexia excel at Maths while others will struggle.
There are also strengths in thinking skills and creativity associated with Dyslexia. Famous Dyslexics include Einstein and Richard Branson.
Dyslexia is not related to intelligence or social and economic factors. There is, however, a lot of evidence that Dyslexia runs in families.
A Dyslexia Assessment may sometimes uncover difficulties in the area of motor skills such as are associated with Dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder –DCD.) In this case an educational diagnosis of Dyspraxia may be deemed appropriate. This would not be the same as a medical diagnosis of Dyspraxia.
Dyslexia and Dyspraxia can occur together.
A detailed assessment report will be produced within three working weeks. The report will reveal the pattern of strengths and difficulties. It will be used as the basis for a suggested teaching programme and will inform suggested strategies for both home and school. If appropriate, exam access arrangements, such as extra time will be recommended.
All Dyslexia Assessment Reports are conducted and written in accordance with DfE and SASC guidelines and are valid for applications for Disabled Students’ Allowance where applicable.* All assessments also include screening for Visual Stress ,using coloured overlays where this is deemed appropriate.
*All Higher Education Students living in England can apply for a Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) if they have a disability including Specific Learning Difficulties such as Dyslexia or Dyspraxia (DCD.)
Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia is a Specific Learning Difficulty which causes difficulties with developing a sense of number and with understanding the meaning of numbers. This impacts on being able to recognise and work with numbers in all areas of maths and in everyday living. It can also cause problems with developing a sense of time and being able to tell the time.
A Dyscalculia Assessment will help students, parents and teachers to understand the reason and nature of the difficulty and will provide strategies for supporting and developing number awareness both at home and in school.
Like Dyslexia and Dyspraxia ,Dyscalculia is not related to intelligence or social and economic factors.