Adult
Dyslexia Pre test
· When writing cheques, do you frequently find yourself
making mistakes?
· Do you find forms difficult and confusing?
· When using the telephone, do you tend to get the
numbers mixed up when you dial?
· Is your spelling poor?
· Do you mix up dates and times and miss appointments?
· Do you find it difficult to take messages on the
telephone and pass them on correctly?
· Do you mix up bus numbers like 95 and 59?
· Do you find it difficult to say the months of the
year forward in a fluent manner?
· Did you find it hard to learn your multiplication
tables at school?
· Do you take longer than you should to read a page
of a book?
· Do you find difficulty in telling left from right?
· When you have to say a long word, do you sometimes
find it difficult to get all the sounds in the right order?
If
you answer yes to more than 4 of the above you may be dyslexic.
A easy to administer Dyslexia Assessment would clearly identify
your areas of strength and weakness . Understanding yourself
and recognizing your potential can help you to understand
and help your children.
Many
adult dyslexics have gone unnoticed and as a result have not
reached their full potential, their abilities have not been
recognized. They still struggle on lacking confidence in many
critical areas.
Dyslexia
can be a positive advantage and is usually associated with
average, above average or high intelligence. Although dyslexia
creates difficulties in particular areas, dyslexic people
frequently enjoy above average physical co-ordination skills,
global thinking abilities, empathy and can be creatively gifted.
If you answer yes to more than 4 of the questions on the Adult
Dyslexia Pre test an easy to administer Dyslexia Assessment
would clearly identify your areas of strength and weakness.
Understanding yourself and recognizing your potential can
help you to understand and help yourself and your children.
The
key features of the assessment are:
· Finding the primary intelligence areas your strengths
lie in. These fall two main groups Verbal and Visual. A specific
and effective accurate tool is used for this purpose.
·
Computer generated interactive testing procedure which generates
a graphical report with indications as to whether or not the
scores fall into the dyslexic “risk” category.
Processing strengths are also clearly indicated.
·
VoiceBio Assessment which gives further guidance supporting
action to be taken after screening.
A
full assessment and interview takes up to three hours and
is best administered over two visits of one and a half hours.
The
objective of the assessment and the follow up report are to
establish processing strengths which may not have been identified
and could be helpful in building up a positive sense of self,
setting realistic goals and guidance in the journey to access
your full potential.
A
specialist report can be provided by Barbara to indicate specific
needs for academic and vocational assessment and examinations.
These reports are recognized by the Joint Council for General
Qualifications (JCGQ) for special examinations arrangements
for GCSE for those with specific nominated learning difficulties
in those areas under its jurisdiction. Details of special
exam arrangement on www.jcgq.org.uk
Please
contact Barbara directly for assessment fee information and
bookings.