Recommendations

Training

ICEP Europe was founded in 2001 by leading psychologists, Dr Moya O’Brien and Dr Deirdre MacIntyre, to address the challenge of inclusion in education through the application of psychological skills and education expertise.
They have been providing research-informed, practical support to teachers, SNAs, SENCOs and psychologists with our accredited online and blended courses in SEN.
To date, they have trained more than 30,000 professionals from over 75 countries worldwide.

Educational Psychologist

For an educational psychology diagnostic report, I strongly recommend.

Alice Voute @https://www.alicevoute.co.uk/

Alice is highly experienced in assessing children with a range of specific learning difficulties, including dyslexia, developmental coordination disorder (DCD)/dyspraxia, dyscalculia, language processing difficulty, autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Please note that ASD and ADHD are medical conditions that she cannot diagnose, although she sees a lot of children and young adults with these conditions. Where relevant she can refer parents to highly regarded specialist clinicians working with children and young adults, such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and specialist teachers.

Therapy

Therapix helps parents, teachers, and therapists to use therapy skills with children who have additional needs by breaking down the steps in short, bite-sized videos.
Currently, Therapix offers support in Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy.Created by Banu Balaji who is an occupational therapist with over two decades of experience in the HSE in Ireland. She specialises in working with children and families within the realm of child and adolescent mental health.

Podcast. Banu also produces and hosts the Therapod podcasts with Georgie, where they make therapeutic information easy to understand and accessible to parents and teachers. Georgie also co-hosted a number of podcasts with Timmy Long on TheLongWayBack where they discussed all things Neurodiversity (some of his shows are not for the faint-hearted).

Resources

Partnersineducation.co.uk have developed many resources over the years, specifically relating to literacy and numeracy. These resources were created from their own experiences in teaching learners with Specific Learning Difficulties, including Dyslexia. Many follow structured, sequential and cumulative methodology. They pride themselves on the affordability of their materials and have been commended for this by practising teachers.