Assessment

We work through child-centred assessment, so we understand your child’s strengths and challenges. This helps to develop a plan to support your child to develop their skills and confidence.

Skills we assess:

• Reading: decoding, fluency, and accuracy.
• Spelling:
• Writing skills: sentence structure, paragraphs, and expression.
• Literacy foundations: phonological awareness, phonological memory and rapid automatised naming.

Assessment process works to:

• Identify strengths and areas of difficulty
  We build a clear picture of your child’s abilities

• Inform educational planning
  We provide tailored recommendations to help teachers, caregivers, and education support staff create effective, evidence-based learning opportunities for each child.

• Collaborate on goal-setting
  Work closely with parents/carers to develop meaningful goals and a practical plan that supports the child’s ongoing learning and communication development.

• Measure progress
  Track growth over time to ensure strategies are effective and adjust plans as needed.

Working with Families
Through assessment, we collaborate with children/adolescents and their parents/caregivers to:

• Understand hopes and priorities for engaging with our service

• Identify strengths and areas for growth

Typical Assessment Components:

• Detailed case history
  Gathering information from parents/caregivers about their child’s development, presenting concerns, strengths, and interests.

• Standardised testing
  Comparing your child’s skills to age-matched peers.

• Questionnaires, checklists, or screeners
  Using structured tools to capture specific aspects of learning and communication.

• Collaboration with other professionals
  With your permission, gather insights from teachers, psychologists, doctors, or other professionals to form a complete picture.