Understand How You Think & Learn
A detailed cognitive and learning assessment to build a clearer understanding of how you think, learn and process information, with practical recommendations for work, study and everyday life.
Where the evidence supports it, the assessment can identify specific learning differences such as dyslexia, while exploring areas associated with dyscalculia, dyspraxia or dysgraphia where relevant.
UK-wide online, with in-person appointments across East Sussex, surrounding areas and Essex.
Adults wanting a clearer understanding of how they think and learn
Including students and those exploring possible specific learning differences.
A detailed diagnostic report with practical recommendations
Helping you understand your cognitive and learning profile, including strengths, areas that may take more effort and what may help in practice.
Work, study and reasonable adjustments
Including DSA evidence and exam access arrangements where relevant criteria are met.
When Might a Cognitive SpLD Assessment Be Useful?
You do not need to know whether dyslexia or another specific learning difference is relevant before getting in touch. The assessment is designed to explore your wider cognitive and learning profile and make sense of the patterns you experience.
Reading, writing & numbers
Reading, written work or working with numerical information may take more conscious effort.
Memory & processing
You may notice differences in remembering information, processing it quickly or following several steps at once.
Organisation & workload
Planning, sequencing, managing competing demands or keeping track of information may require more effort.
Study, work & everyday life
You may want to understand why some demands feel easier than others and which strategies or support may suit you.
Building a Picture of How You Think & Learn
The assessment looks across different aspects of cognitive processing and learning to understand the pattern as a whole, rather than relying on one score or one area of performance.
How you process information
How this connects to learning
Not every measure is needed for every person. The assessment is shaped around your background, the questions you want answered and any areas that become relevant as the picture develops.
From First Enquiry to Your Report
The assessment is designed to build the picture gradually, starting with your background and the questions you would like the assessment to help answer.
Before the assessment
You provide background information about your learning, education, work or study history and the areas you would particularly like to understand.
Your assessment
We work through a range of cognitive and learning tasks selected to explore your individual profile. The session is approximately three hours, with breaks where needed.
Your profile
The results are considered together with your background and experiences to understand the overall pattern, rather than looking at individual scores in isolation.
Your report
You receive a detailed written report within 10 working days, explaining your cognitive and learning profile, conclusions and practical recommendations.
More Than a Set of Scores
Your report brings the different parts of the assessment together so you can understand what the findings mean for you in everyday life, study and work.
A clearer understanding of how you think and learn
Your report explains your cognitive and learning profile, including areas of strength, areas that may take more effort and how the different findings fit together.
Clear diagnostic conclusions
Where the evidence supports it, the report will identify a specific learning difference and explain the evidence behind that conclusion.
Recommendations that connect to real life
Recommendations are tailored to your profile and may consider study, work, organisation, technology, reasonable adjustments and everyday strategies where relevant.
The aim is that you come away with a clearer understanding of your profile, what may explain the patterns you have experienced and what may help going forward.
Book Your Cognitive SpLD Assessment
A full cognitive and learning assessment with a detailed diagnostic report and practical recommendations.
Assessment That Connects to Study
A Cognitive SpLD Assessment can be particularly useful if you are studying at university, college or on a professional course and want to understand how your cognitive and learning profile may relate to the demands of study.
Where relevant, the report can provide diagnostic evidence and practical recommendations to support discussions around Disabled Students’ Allowance, reasonable adjustments and exam access arrangements.
You do not need to be at university
This assessment can also be relevant for college students, apprentices, professional qualifications and other forms of adult study or training.
If your main reason for assessment is support with study or exams, let us know when you enquire so this can be considered when planning the assessment.
Ask About Assessment for StudyWhat Can This Assessment Identify?
The assessment brings together your cognitive profile, learning history, current experiences and performance across relevant tasks to understand whether the overall pattern is consistent with a specific learning difference.
Specific learning differences
Where the evidence supports it, the assessment can provide a formal diagnosis of a specific learning difference such as dyslexia.
Areas associated with dyscalculia, dyspraxia or dysgraphia can also be explored where relevant to the referral question.
Your wider cognitive and learning profile
Even where a formal diagnosis is not indicated, the assessment can still provide a detailed understanding of how you process information, where your strengths lie and which areas may require more effort.
ADHD & autism diagnosis
This assessment does not provide a formal diagnosis of ADHD or autism. If your experiences suggest that broader neurodivergent factors may be relevant, this can be discussed and an appropriate next step can be recommended.
Before You Book
Ready to Understand Your Profile?
Book your assessment or get in touch if you would like to check whether this is the right route for you.