How do exam access arrangements assessments usually work for dyspraxia?

[paul2louise]

My son was assessed for Dyspraxia and had a confirmed diagnosis last year in year 9. He is due to start Mock exams in 2 weeks. He will be allowed a laptop for his exams. He is due to have the access arrangements assessment tomorrow. I was wondering will he have to do the assessment by hand or will they test him using a laptop. Do they test for extra time using the laptop if that is what he usually uses. How does it usually work. Thank you

There is likely to be both written and typed elements. For example, they often compare speed of writing to speed of typing.

For extra time under the learning difficulties without an EHCP criteria, there are lots of things that can be tested as part of looking at extra time. These are covered by speed of reading, speed of writing and cognitive processing/fluency. You can see a breakdown of these here. If DS uses a word processor, speed of writing can’t be used towards the scores required for extra time.

Thank you. He had the assessment. He did no writing or used a computer. The assessment was asking him to remember number sequences, repeat back strange words and things like that. Maybe they have enough already in terms of speed and timings of his working. This sounded like more cognitive skills

It sounds like they only looked at certain elements of cognitive processing/fluency.