Child Dyslexia Assessment – Required Documents

To help us prepare for your child's dyslexia assessment, please complete the steps below as soon as possible. Early completion of the required documentation helps us gather information, contact your child's educational setting, and avoid delays in the assessment process.

Step 1: Complete the Child Developmental History Questionnaire

This questionnaire provides essential information about your child's developmental history, education, communication, learning profile, health, family background, and day-to-day functioning.

Please complete this questionnaire as soon as possible following booking.

We also require details of your child's current educational setting so that we can request information from school, college, or other educational providers where appropriate.

If there is likely to be a delay in completing the Developmental History Questionnaire, please email info@lycali.co.uk with your child's educational setting details as soon as possible to avoid delays in the assessment process.

You can copy and paste the template below into your email:

Child's Full Name: Date of Birth: School/College Name: Year Group: School SENCo Name (if known): School SENCo Email Address (if known): School Telephone Number: Parent/Carer Name: Parent/Carer Contact Number:

Complete Developmental History Questionnaire

Step 2: Complete the Dyslexia Add-On Questionnaire

This questionnaire gathers additional information regarding literacy skills, reading, spelling, writing, memory, processing speed, organisation, learning experiences, educational support, and day-to-day functioning.

Complete Dyslexia Add-On Questionnaire

Step 3: Complete the Visual History Questionnaire

This questionnaire helps us gather information about visual difficulties, visual comfort, reading fatigue, tracking difficulties, light sensitivity, and other visual experiences that may impact learning.

This information helps us determine whether any visual factors may be contributing to your child's learning difficulties.

Complete Visual History Questionnaire

Step 4: Educational Setting Questionnaire

We ask that a member of staff from your child's educational setting completes this questionnaire. This may be completed by a teacher, SENCo, learning support lead, pastoral lead, teaching assistant, or another member of staff who knows your child well.

The information provided helps us understand your child's learning profile, literacy skills, classroom performance, strengths, challenges, and support needs within the educational environment.

Please share the questionnaire below with the relevant member of staff.

Educational Setting Questionnaire

Step 5: Dyslexia Assessment Appointment

The assessment appointment will involve a detailed discussion regarding your child's developmental history, educational experiences, strengths, and areas of difficulty.

A range of standardised assessments will be completed to explore literacy skills, reading accuracy, reading fluency, spelling, phonological processing, memory, processing speed, and other areas relevant to dyslexia.

Parents or carers will usually be asked to attend part of the appointment to provide additional information where required.

The Lycali administration team will contact you to arrange a suitable appointment time.

Need Help?

If you are unsure which forms to complete, require assistance accessing documentation, or need support identifying the most appropriate educational contact, please contact the Lycali team at info@lycali.co.uk.

For more detailed information about the assessment process, appointments, timescales, and what to expect, please refer to your What to Expect Guide.