Private dyslexia/dyscalculia testing in London

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Our daughter has been struggling with her timestables all year, and she is usually a fast learner, so I would like to get her tested. Her father and all his brothers are dyslexic, so there is strong family history of learning problems.

Can anyone recommend where I can go in London for testing? She is in a non-state school and they don't offer it, and a lot of the testing I read about online is through the state system.

Also is the testing fairly standardized (i.e. is there one test that everyone uses), or do I need to be thinking about which test she should take?

Appreciate any advice you can offer.

Expect it to be expensive. My neighbour is an Ed psych for Brent Council, has worked as a teacher and has 2 kids (17 and 1). she is lovely, did reports on both my two and was very helpful.

CAT me if you want her number - I will check she is happy to give it out as I am not sure how much private work she does.

There are lots of places that you can go for 'dyslexia testing' but there is no standardised test and they vary greatly in both price and quality (not necessarily correlated!).

I would reccommend using an independent Ed Psych (but I'm biaed because I am one) as they are highly trained and have to adgere to certain codes of practice. You can look for an EP on the British Psychological Society website under 'find psychologist'(sure that Jaybird's nieghbour is lovely too though!)

Hope that helps

Thanks Jaybird37 - I am not in Brent but will get in touch if I can't find anything closer.

bowbluebell - sigh, that's what I feared. Will look at the website you mentioned.

My neighbour is a chartered EP too.

Why not try Dyslexia Action?