What happens in an Educational Psychologist Assessment?
The psychologist will ask you about your background and your previous school experiences. If you have been assessed before, it is useful to bring along the report to the assessment if you have it. If not, don’t worry as the assessment can take place anyway, but if there are some issues in your background which are stated in the previous report, this can obviously help to inform the current assessment. It can also be helpful to ask your parents about your very early development prior to the assessment as the psychologist will ask you some questions about that, but this is not essential. The psychologist will also ask you about your current situation and your current difficulties. This will be followed by a cognitive assessment. This is done through a series of tests which will look at your language skills, such as your vocabulary, your non-verbal and spatial reasoning skills, as well as your processing speed and working memory. Your literacy skills, such as word reading, reading compreh
