Educational Psychology Assessments
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Our Educational Psychology Team are skilled assessors who have extensive training in relation to all areas of a child’s learning. An Educational Psychology Assessment can contribute to the identification of factors which may be hindering your child’s learning and participation in school and other activities.
If you have any concerns about your child’s learning, or their school progress, an Educational Psychology Assessment can help to put a comprehensive plan in place, encouraging your child to reach their full potential.
Why might I see a private Educational Psychologist?
All schools should have access to an Educational Psychologist who can provide an Assessment and support should there be any concerns about your child’s learning and/or behaviour in the classroom. It is always advisable to first speak with your school about any of your concerns and assess what support they can offer you, and what the time frame for this would be. Unfortunately this can sometimes take a long time and for this reason, many families seek the support of a private Educational Psychology Assessment.
When there are concerns about learning, the sooner your child can access the appropriate support required, the better, and the more successful the interventions will be.
What can an Educational Psychology Assessment help with?
• If you are concerned about your child’s progress at school
• If your child is becoming anxious about learning
• If your child’s academic progress continues to be below age related expectations despite them receiving additional support
• If your child has specific literacy or numeracy difficulties
• If your child has language and communication difficulties
• If your child has attention and concentration difficulties
• If your child is struggling to remember information
• If you want to find out if your child may have a specific learning difficulty, such as Dyslexia or Dyscalculia
*Please note an Educational Psychologist cannot formally diagnose ADHD. Their tests used can determine whether there are ‘indications’ of this present, but for a formal diagnosis, this would need to be a different type of assessment process, which our separate Psychology Team provides.
The Assessment process
All children are treated as individuals, with their own unique qualities and the assessment process will vary slightly dependent on each child and their needs. Once you have contacted us, we will book your child in for an assessment in our clinic, which tends to last around 2 hours.
A day or so before the clinic appointment, our Psychologist will arrange a telephone call with you to speak more about your child ahead of meeting with them.
A variety of formal standardised tests will be used during the assessment, depending on your child’s age and need. After the assessment, the Psychologist will provide verbal feedback. The formal report is sent to families within 21 working days, detailing the findings, next steps and providing advice on how parents/carers and schools might help your child to learn and develop, as well as recommended methods and strategies to help them learn more effectively. Strategies may include teaching approaches, changes to learning environments, behaviour support and advice about programs for additional support.
Please note, the report provided is a standard report. It can be used if you are in the process of applying for an EHCP, however would not be suitable to be used towards an EHC Needs Assessment. We also do not provide Tribunal reports; you would need a specialist SENDIST EP for this.
If you are wanting to solely test for dyslexia, please see here for our stand-alone dyslexia assessment service.
Our Educational Psychology Assessments our provided in our calm and welcoming therapy rooms, to ensure children and young people feel at ease.
Fees
The price for the full Educational Psychology Assessment, including the written report is £895. This includes an initial telephone call from the Psychologist prior to the Assessment to give you the opportunity to ask them any questions, the verbal feedback meeting (either in-person on the day or on the phone) and if need be another explanation call after the report has been shared with you.
Our Educational Psychology Assessments are provided by our HCPC Registered Clinician, Dr Chris Clarke, registration PYL28719