THE PROCESS
1.
An initial conversation by phone, email or in person.
This is always really helpful as it allows SENCOs, parents and schools to air their views, concerns or questions allowing Jo to try to get an overall picture of the child concerned.
2a.
A completed confidential Family Questionnaire by a
parent or guardian.
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Email correspondence will now take over along with a Word PDF, hard copy or telephone version of the Family Questionnaire. It needs to be completed as fully and honestly as possible before an assessment can take place.
Opinions differ from the School questionnaire and is a requirement prior to arranging an assessment date.
A completed confidential School Questionnaire by the former/current child's teacher or school.
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Email correspondence will now take over along with a Word PDF of the School Questionnaire. It needs to be completed as fully and honestly as possible and returned before an assessment date can be arranged.
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Opinions differ from the Family Questionnaire and is a requirement prior to arranging an assessment date.
2b.
Once the questionnaires have been returned, a date and time will be arranged to administer the 2-hour assessment, including a half-way break. If arranged by the SENCO it will be administered during the morning of a school day.
Tests cover: reading, reading comprehension, writing, spelling, handwriting, phonological awareness, verbal, aural, working & short-term memory, number and place value, number facts, addition and subtraction & multiplication and division.
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Once all the test observations and assessment data has been analysed & collated, it will be turned into a 1-page overview of Assessment Results and descriptors and a
1-page working document/IEP outlining where the child currently stands, outlining all the current micro-gaps missing from that child's learning journey to date. Jo does not provide a diagnosis.
If Jo will be personally teaching your child, her teaching targets will be set using the evidence from the IEP she creates, and not the child's current curriculum.
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If just an assessment is comissioned, the report will be emailed to the SENCO or parent/guardian. The report is specifically designed to be handed over to a school's SEN Department; Primary Teachers; internal Specialist Teachers; qualified SEN TAs or via the parent to an external Specialist Teacher ​​in order for them to plan and teach the micro-gaps found missing in their learning journey dictated by the assessment.
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Personal information is very important and Jo fully adheres to the principles of Data Protection. All information given will be treated in confidence. Post Assessment, and once the Assessment Results & IEP has been handed over to the Client, all paperwork and files will be shredded or deleted.