I provide specialist tuition for students with dyslexia and carry out full diagnostic assessments.
I work closely with families and schools to provide comprehensive recommendations including reasonable adjustments, adaptive teaching strategies and exam access arrangements.
What I Offer . . .
Assessments
The assessment process typically involves gathering a range of background information then carrying out testing to determine the individual’s strengths and weaknesses.
Dyslexia assessments usually include tests of reading, spelling and writing, as well as tests of cognitive processing to measure memory, phonological awareness and processing speed.
These assessments can help identify the specific areas where the individual is struggling and inform recommendations for school or college.
Tuition
Dyslexia tuition may include a variety of interventions such as multi sensory reading and spelling support, phonological awareness training and strategies to improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
Tuition can also also be tailored to support students with study skills and revision techniques to help with exam preparation.
Contact
Please get in touch for bookings, questions or advice.
You can also call on 07946 707012 or email altrinchamdyslexia@gmail.com
FAQ
What is Dyslexia ?
Dyslexia is a set of processing difficulties that affect the acquisition of reading and spelling.
In dyslexia, some or all aspects of literacy attainment are weak in relation to age, standard teaching and instruction, and level of other attainments.
Across all languages, difficulties in reading fluency and spelling are key markers of dyslexia.
Dyslexic difficulties exist on a continuum and can be experienced to various degrees of severity.
The nature and developmental trajectory of dyslexia depends on multiple genetic and environmental influences.
Dyslexia can affect the acquisition of other skills, such as mathematics, reading comprehension or learning another language.
The most commonly observed cognitive impairment in dyslexia is a difficulty in phonological processing (i.e., in phonological awareness, phonological processing speed or phonological memory). However, phonological difficulties do not fully explain the variability that is observed.
Working memory, processing speed and orthographic skills can contribute to the impact of dyslexia.
– Delphi definition of dyslexia Carroll. J, Holden. C, Kirby. P, Snowling. M.J, & Thompson. PA , (2025) Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) also include that:
Dyslexia is a specific 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.
