Dyscalculia Assessment

Assessment will be carried out in the following area; 

•  A wide range of standardised tests are used, including literacy attainment, Tests of verbal, visual and visual-spatial reasoning and cognitive processing (such as memory, phonological processing, processing speed and accuracy, visual-spatial sequential skills)

•  Informal, qualitative tests of understanding of numbers that use subitising, symbolic and non-symbolic magnitude comparison, ordering and concrete tools to explore the concept of number and number sense.

•  Timed and untimed standardised measures of Arithmetic (+, -, x, ÷). will help establish if time pressure makes a difference in performance.

•  Mathematics reasoning and problem-solving, including word problems.

​

The assessment process takes approximately 3 - 4 hours. 

​

You will receive a detailed report which will include;

• Summary of assessment report findings

• Summary of background information from home and school/college, including the history of support at school/college

• Detailed interpretation of test results, including:

• General ability

• Attainments in reading, spelling, and maths

• Cognitive processing skills, e.g. memory, phonological awareness, speed of phonological processing, etc.

• Conclusion 

• Table of test scores

• Essential recommendations for supporting the learner:

• At home

• In the classroom

• Access arrangements in exams (if appropriate)

• Specialist teacher/tutor support (if appropriate)

• Full details of all the tests used in the session will be included for reference.

​

​