A Senior Education Therapist at Dynamics can assist in administering the Education Assessment. Our Education Assessment is of great practical use for understanding the learning profile and highlighting why children experience problems in the learning situation. This type of assessment is of great benefit to parents, teachers, and tutors for understanding a student’s learning profile, level of achievement and to provide a baseline for planning an effective Individual Education Plan or Education Therapy Programme.
Our Education Assessment can be useful for pupils who are not meeting the criteria to qualify for an assessment from within the school but not fulfilling their potential.
The Education assessment takes approximately 2 hours with the student with a 30 minute feedback session on delivery of the report. The assessment is suitable for 5 years and above and suitability is discussed in advance, as the possible presence of particular Learning Difficulties can mean that assessment by the Psychologist is more appropriate.
An in-depth analytical report is produced within 2-weeks with verbal feedback to explain the results and recommendations.
The purpose of the consultation is to gather relevant information and check if the student would be more appropriately assessed by a Psychologist.
| Visual Perception (4yrs to 19yrs) | Test of Visual Perceptual Skills, American Norms |
| Auditory Processing (4yrs to 19 yrs) | Test of Auditory Processing Skills, American Norms |
| Phonological Awareness (6yrs to 15 yrs)) | Phonological Assessment Battery, British Norms |
| Speed of Processing (6yrs to 15 yrs) | PhAB sub test |
| Reading (text) and Comprehension (6yrs to 13 yrs) | Neale Analysis of Reading Ability - NARA - 2, British norms |
| Reading Single Words (5yrs to 24 yrs) | Wide Range Assessment (WRAT - 4), American norms |
| Spelling (5yrs to 24 yrs) | WRAT - 4 |
| Maths Computation (5yrs to 24 yrs) | WRAT - 4 |
Areas considered for recommendations in the written analytical report
- Cognitive Training-Auditory, Visual, (including Memory), Speed of Processing
- Phonics and Phonological Awareness
- Spelling
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Writing
Subtests for the Cognitive Assessments
Targeting success in the areas of:
| Visual | Auditory | Phonological Fluency & Speed of Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Discrimination Visual Memory Spatial Relations Form Constancy Sequential Memory Figure Ground Visual Closure | Word Discrimination Phonological Segmentation Phonological Blending Number Memory Forward Number Memory Reversed Word Memory Sentence Memory Auditory Comprehension Auditory Reasoning | Naming of Pictures Naming of Digits Fluency of Rhyme Fluency of Alliteration Fluency Test Semantic |
