Dyslexia
What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia
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Dyslexia is a neurological difference and can have a significant impact during education, in the workplace and in everyday life. As each person is unique, so is everyone's experience of dyslexia. It can range from mild to severe, and it can co-occur with other learning difficulties. It usually runs in families and is a life-long condition.
It is important to remember that there are positives to thinking differently. Many dyslexic people show strengths in areas such as reasoning and in visual and creative fields.
What is Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a learning difficulty which primarily affects reading and writing skills. However, it does not only affect these skills. Dyslexia is actually about information processing. Dyslexic people may have difficulty processing and remembering information they see and hear, which can affect learning and the acquisition of literacy skills. Dyslexia can also impact on other areas such as organisational skills.
It is important to remember that there are positives to thinking differently. Many dyslexic people show strengths in areas such as reasoning and in visual and creative fields.
Signs of Dyslexia
There is a misconception that dyslexia just affects the ability to read and write. If this were true, it would be much easier to identify. In fact dyslexia can have an affect on areas such as coordination, organisation and memory.
Each person with dyslexia will experience the condition in a way that is unique to them and as such, each will have their own set of abilities and difficulties.
However, if you know what to look for, there common signs that can help you to identify whether the difficulties being experienced could be indicative of dyslexia and would suggest that further investigation could be beneficial.
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Useful Contacts in the Channel Islands:
SUZANNE COXSHALL
Tel: 07797 817 574
I charge £500 for a dyslexia or a dyscalculia assessment or £750 for a combined assessment. That includes an initial meeting over the phone to discuss your child and forms which need to be completed detailing your child, the assessment which takes between 3-5 hours completed over the space of 1/2/3 days(depending on the child), a detailed written report and a face to face (or online) consultation to discuss the report.
I take a child centered approach and prefer to conduct assessments in person rather than online as I feel it helps to truly understand what is going with your child’s literacy and numeracy learning strengths and challenges.
I like to assess your child at their own school. This is for several reasons. It ensures the school knows they are being assessed and are expecting a diagnosis. I can talk with the school to find out their opinion on your child’s strengths and challenges. And lastly but most importantly your child is then in an environment with which they are familiar and this eases some of the stress of assessing which some children can experience.
I can also assess at your home but it needs to be a silent area, completely free from distractions (pets and siblings).
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HILARY GREENING
I am a Dyslexia / SpLD Specialist Teacher Assessor and have held a current Assessment Practising Certificate since 2012.
My assessments and reports are written in accordance with the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) current guidelines and I hold full membership of PATOSS (The Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties).
I started my career as a Speech and Language Therapist, so have a good insight into the relationship between spoken and written language.
After moving to Guernsey in 2010, I joined the team at Dyslexia Day Centre (DDC) gaining my Postgraduate Diploma in Dyslexia and Literacy.
As Lead Dyslexia Specialist Teacher since 2016, I have had the privilege of co-ordinating a team of highly experienced and specialist teachers to provide training, tuition, assessments, support, and advice across the island.