Child Dyslexia Assessment
Welcome to Lycali. This guide explains each stage of your child's dyslexia assessment, from registration and questionnaires through to educational information, assessment appointments, feedback and recommendations.
Important: Before Your Child's Assessment
All required registration, consent, developmental history, dyslexia, visual history and educational-setting questionnaires must be completed before the relevant assessment session can take place.
Please review your welcome letter, terms and conditions and invoice carefully. Missing mandatory documentation may mean that an appointment needs to be rearranged.
At a Glance
Follow the stages below to understand your child's dyslexia assessment journey.
Initial Enquiry & Registration
Once you contact Lycali, our team will review your enquiry and provide information about the most appropriate dyslexia assessment pathway for your child.
If you decide to proceed, you will be asked to complete our registration process. This enables us to securely register your child within our clinical management system.
- Child and parent/carer contact details.
- GP information.
- Relevant developmental and educational background.
- Information about learning concerns and previous support.
- Communication and accessibility requirements.
- Consent preferences and parental responsibility information.
Please check that the information is accurate and let us know if your child requires any reasonable adjustments during assessment.
Your Welcome Letter & Documents
Following registration, Lycali will issue a welcome letter explaining the next steps of your child's dyslexia assessment.
Your welcome information will include:
Terms & Conditions
Information about the assessment service, bookings, fees, cancellations, non-attendance and responsibilities.
Invoice
Confirmation of the agreed assessment fee, payment instructions and any additional charges, if they apply.
Consent to Treatment
The relevant consent documentation for your child's assessment, to be completed by the appropriate person where required.
Please read all documentation, complete the required forms, including the Consent to Treatment form, and follow the payment instructions in your invoice.
All mandatory forms must be completed before any assessment session is carried out.
Payment & Assessment Booking
Your invoice will confirm the agreed cost of your child's dyslexia assessment and the relevant payment arrangements.
Once payment has been received and the required documentation completed, Lycali can progress the assessment booking.
Our administration team will confirm the appointment date, time, location or format and any preparation requirements.
Please ensure that all forms and questionnaires requested by Lycali have been completed. Your assessor will review this information before the assessment.
Pre-Assessment Questionnaires Through WriteUpp
Parents/carers will be asked to complete pre-assessment questionnaires to help the assessor understand their child's developmental history, learning experiences, strengths and support needs.
All required questionnaires will be issued through WriteUpp, Lycali's clinical management system.
You will receive the appropriate questionnaire links separately. Please complete them as soon as they are issued.
Child Developmental History Questionnaire
This explores your child's developmental background, education, communication, learning profile, health, family background and everyday functioning.
It also helps us gather details of previous learning support and your child's current educational setting.
Child Dyslexia Questionnaire
This explores literacy skills, reading, spelling, writing, memory, processing speed, organisation, learning experiences, educational support, individual strengths and day-to-day functioning.
Please set aside enough uninterrupted time to complete each questionnaire carefully in one sitting.
Questionnaires cannot be saved part-way through or resubmitted once submitted.
Please check your answers before selecting Submit.
Allow Enough Time
Have relevant background and educational information available before starting.
Cannot Save Progress
Partially completed questionnaires cannot be saved and resumed later.
One Submission Only
Once a questionnaire is submitted, it cannot be resubmitted using the same link.
If you would like a copy of submitted questionnaire responses, please contact Lycali. We can share these, subject to appropriate identity and information-sharing checks.
If you notice an error after submission, please contact our administration team so it can be addressed.
All required WriteUpp questionnaires, registration documents and consent forms must be completed before the relevant assessment session can take place.
Visual History Information
A visual history questionnaire may also be requested as part of your child's dyslexia assessment.
This gathers information about visual comfort, reading fatigue, tracking difficulties, light sensitivity, visual stress and other experiences that may affect reading and learning.
The Visual History Questionnaire will be issued through WriteUpp.
Please complete it before your child's assessment, alongside any other questionnaires requested.
Visual history information helps the assessor consider relevant visual experiences alongside your child's wider learning profile.
Where visual concerns are identified, further advice or assessment by an appropriate eye-care professional may be recommended.
A visual history questionnaire does not replace a formal eye examination.
Please remember that the WriteUpp questionnaire must be completed in one sitting, as progress cannot be saved and responses cannot be resubmitted.
Educational Setting Information
As part of your child's dyslexia assessment, we will usually request information from their school, college or other educational setting.
This helps the assessor understand your child's literacy skills, learning experiences, classroom performance, strengths and support needs.
A teacher, SENCo, learning support lead, pastoral lead, teaching assistant or another professional who knows your child's learning profile well.
The Educational Setting Questionnaire will be issued through WriteUpp.
Lycali will arrange for the questionnaire to be issued to the appropriate member of staff where required.
Providing Educational Setting Details
Please ensure we have accurate contact details for your child's school or college.
If completing the developmental history questionnaire is likely to be delayed, please send the following educational contact details to Lycali as soon as possible.
Please send the details securely to info@lycali.co.uk .
Please allow enough uninterrupted time to complete the questionnaire issued through WriteUpp.
Questionnaires cannot be saved part-way through or resubmitted once submitted.
Any required educational-setting questionnaire must be completed before the relevant assessment session.
Your Child's Dyslexia Assessment Appointment
Your child's dyslexia assessment will involve discussion of developmental and educational history, previous support, individual strengths and areas of difficulty.
The assessor will use appropriate standardised assessments alongside background information to explore your child's learning profile.
- Reading accuracy and fluency.
- Reading comprehension.
- Spelling and written expression.
- Phonological processing and awareness.
- Working memory.
- Processing speed.
- Relevant language and learning skills.
- Strengths, learning preferences and coping strategies.
Your child must attend the dyslexia assessment appointment.
Parents/carers will usually be asked to attend part of the appointment to provide additional information, where required.
The clinician will confirm the appointment arrangements and who needs to attend beforehand.
Please let us know if your child requires adjustments, breaks, communication support or other accessibility arrangements.
A dyslexia diagnosis is not guaranteed. Diagnostic conclusions depend on the assessment findings and relevant criteria.
Assessment Report, Feedback & Recommendations
Following the assessment, your child's assessor will review and interpret the results alongside developmental and educational information.
A written report will be prepared explaining your child's learning profile, strengths, support needs and recommendations.
- Developmental and educational background.
- Information from parents/carers and education staff.
- Standardised assessment findings.
- Reading, spelling and writing profile.
- Relevant cognitive processing findings.
- Individual strengths and areas of difficulty.
- Diagnostic conclusions where appropriate.
- School-based recommendations.
- Literacy intervention strategies.
- Assistive technology recommendations.
- Exam access arrangement considerations.
- Further support and next steps.
Feedback will be provided in accordance with your agreed assessment arrangements.
Recommendations are intended to help parents/carers and education professionals understand your child's learning strengths and areas requiring support.
Any formal exam access arrangements remain subject to the relevant awarding-body requirements and school or college processes.
What Happens After Your Child's Assessment?
Following assessment, you may wish to explore further educational support, literacy strategies, assistive technology or specialist guidance.
- Structured literacy intervention.
- Individualised learning strategies.
- School-based support and adjustments.
- Assistive technology guidance.
- Study skills and organisational strategies.
- Parent/carer guidance.
- Exam access arrangement advice.
- Further specialist intervention where appropriate.
- Needs-led coaching or additional Lycali support.
Lycali provides multidisciplinary assessments and support designed to help children and young people better understand their individual strengths and needs.
Assessment Fees & Additional Charges (If They Apply)
The cost of your child's dyslexia assessment will be confirmed before booking and outlined in your invoice.
Please refer to our fees page for current assessment prices and payment options.
Some appointments may involve additional travel or external clinic hire costs.
These charges do not apply to every appointment or assessment.
They may apply where an assessor needs to travel or where external clinic facilities are required away from Lycali's main Broadstairs base.
If additional charges apply, they will be confirmed before booking and clearly outlined in your invoice.
Cancellation & Non-Attendance Policy
Lycali operates a 24-hour cancellation policy for booked assessment appointments.
Please inform Lycali as early as possible if your child cannot attend their appointment.
At Least 24 Hours' Notice
Please provide at least 24 hours' notice if you need to cancel or rearrange an appointment.
The full late-cancellation charge will not apply where sufficient notice is given.
Less Than 24 Hours' Notice
Appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours' notice are chargeable at the full booked session rate.
This is because the clinician's time has been reserved for your child's assessment.
Did Not Attend (DNA)
A scheduled session missed without cancellation will be recorded as a Did Not Attend (DNA).
DNA appointments are charged at the full booked session rate.
How to Cancel
Please notify Lycali's administration team as soon as you know that an appointment cannot go ahead.
Email: info@lycali.co.uk
Please refer to your welcome letter and terms and conditions for the full cancellation arrangements, including any applicable statutory rights.
Useful Links & Information
Learn more about Lycali's assessment services, clinicians, locations and fees.
Need Support?
If you have any questions about registration, questionnaires, educational-setting information, appointments or payment, please contact Lycali.
If you have difficulty accessing questionnaires issued through WriteUpp or would like a copy of submitted responses, our administration team can help.
Email: info@lycali.co.uk
Website: www.lycali.co.uk
All required registration, consent, pre-assessment, visual history and educational-setting questionnaires must be completed before the relevant assessment session can take place.
All questionnaires will be issued through WriteUpp. Please allow sufficient time to complete them in one sitting, as they cannot be saved or resubmitted.
Please also check your appointment confirmation, invoice, any additional charges (if they apply) and cancellation policy.