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Dyslexia Assessments

to help you reach your full potential

Dyslexia First offers first class dyslexia assessments for children and adults across the North West including Liverpool, Manchester and Merseyside, this includes assessments for the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) and Exam Access Arrangements.

 Helping With Dyslexia

What We Do

Parents

SUPPORT

Parents are encouraged to work with their child’s school to ensure qualified dyslexia assessments can help them access the support required
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SENCo

Help

Dyslexia First works directly with schools across the North West to enable support for Dyslexia and students requiring access arrangements for exams
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UNIVERSITIES

Assessments

Assessments can open up opportunities for university students to prove their potential in exam conditions by being able to apply for the Disabled Students Allowance
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Qualified Dyslexia Assessments

I am Michala Morton. I am a fully qualified Specialist Teacher of Dyslexia who is passionate about unlocking the potential of individuals who have dyslexia. I work for the British Dyslexia Association and The Dyslexia Association assessing children and adults. I have worked in Special Needs for over 20 years across a wide range of educational settings. I also worked for a Local Education Authority for 14 years assessing and tutoring children with dyslexia.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction: Specific Learning Difficulties, Liverpool John Moores University, 2012
  • Postgraduate Certificate with Distinction: Advanced Educational Practice (Dyslexia), Liverpool John Moores University, 2011
  • M.Ed. Merit: Master of Education in the faculty of Humanities Psychology Education, University of Manchester, 2007
  • Child Development Module with Distinction, The Open University, 2006
  • B.Ed. Honours: Degree of Bachelor of Education, Liverpool Hope University, 1997

Professional Bodies

  • APC – Assessment Practicing Certificate (recognises the professional achievement, training and skills of specialist teachers)
  • Member of PATOSS (The professional association of teachers of students with specific learning difficulties)
  • Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA)
  • Full and enhanced DBS (updated annually)
  • Information Commissioner’s Office (ico)
  • Hiscox professional insurance

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DYSLEXIA NEWS

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Improved Learning with a Disabled Students’ Allowance

Many people are unaware that dyslexic learners are eligible for the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA). If you or your child is thinking of going to University, applying for a DSA could mean that you’re entitled to new equipment and technology that will help you reach your full potential as an undergraduate or postgraduate student.

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Dyslexia: Getting the facts straight

Although it’s commonly believed to be a difficulty with reading and writing, in reality that is a consequence of dyslexia. In fact, dyslexia is a neurological issue which affects the way the brain processes information. This means that anyone with dyslexia can have difficulty processing and remembering information and it can impact on many areas of life, not only reading accurately and writing fluently, but also organisational skills, coordination and memory.

But this same neurological difference can mean that dyslexics often have real strengths in reasoning and creative or visual fields. Having dyslexia is absolutely not a sign of a child’s intelligence, it’s actually the gap between their ability and achievement. Once that gap has been identified it’s just a case of working out the best way to bridge it.

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The importance of the brain’s reading circuit in understanding Dyslexic development

Dyslexia isn’t caused by visual problems, flipping letters or reading letters backwards, and it is certainly not related to intelligence. It is the result of a brain with a different organization making reading and writing more difficult. In order to understand what is happening in a Dyslexic person’s brain, it is useful to learn about the four areas in the brain that we use for reading and which must be connected to make reading an effortless process. Together they form a reading circuit that links these different areas of the brain and then runs at a speed so fast it’s practically automatic.

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