Screening and Assessments

Do you have problems with reading, spelling, writing, planning, organising your work or difficulties understanding number concepts?

Do you think or have you been told that you may have a Specific Learning Difference such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, or dyscalculia?

Disability and Inclusion will advise you of the steps you need to take in order to be tested for dyslexia, dyspraxia or dyscalculia.

If you need assistance to find an assessor please use the link  https://www.patoss-dyslexia.org/Tutor-Index-Landing 

Before you can view assessors you will need to 

• Register on the website, please click onto green ‘login’ button (top right hand side), 
• Click onto ‘Register as Individual’ button, 
• Complete your details as requested. You will then be able to login. 
• ‘Find a Tutor/Assessor’ tab. The search engine will provide you with a list of assessors.  
• Book your assessment directly with Assessor - It is your decision which assessor to use  

Assessments are carried out externally and can cost from £350 - £750, therefore if you require financial support, please see the below:

Important: Please note that the fund is only available to current home students. If you are an applicant, international student, studying an apprenticeship/short course, accessing a bursary or other forms of funding you will not be eligible for the fund. Please contact the student funding team directly via money@wlv.ac.uk to confirm eligibility.  

If you are not eligible, please contact disability-inclusion@wlv.ac.uk to gather support on what is available as we have a separate process for apprentice learners. 

If you have not yet had the assessment: 

We can offer an Emergency Loan for £400 to pay towards an assessment.  

This loan will need to be repaid but, once you have provided the full report of the assessment, the £400 will be repaid on your behalf. 

 In the first instance you will need to be fully enrolled and then you just need to complete the form via this link: Loan Agreement Form for an SpLD Assessment 

You will need to be logged in to office.com via your University account (university email address and IT password).  You will also need to upload the following evidence: 

• Evidence that you require a full assessment - could be an initial report or email showing you have an appointment booked
• A recent bank statement showing your name, full 8-digit account number and 6-digit sort code for your nominated account 

Please note that you can only upload the following file types: Word; Excel; PDF or an image.

Once you have submitted your form, as long the evidence you have provided is suitable (can clearly see your name and appointment date and your bank statement clearly shows your name, the full 8-digit account number and the full 6-digit sort code) the loan of £400 should be in your account within 48 working hours. 

Once you have attended the assessment and received the results please upload the full report on a helpcall via the ASK@WLV tab on your e:Vision (to ensure any support is put in place as soon as possible) and email us to let us know.  Once we have confirmed receipt of this the loan will be cleared and you will not have to pay it back.

Please email the once you have submitted this form: money@wlv.ac.uk  

You MUST provide us with the copy of the full assessment upon receipt or you will be liable to pay back the loan and may lose IT facilities. 

We hope the above helps, but please let us know if you need anything further.

If you require any further information regarding the above, please email disability-inclusion@wlv.ac.uk for further support.