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Our assessments are delivered by experienced professionals such as psychiatrists and clinical psychologists with specialist expertise in learning difficulties. You’ll receive care from professionals who are not only highly qualified but deeply committed to evidence-based, compassionate support.
Evidence-based, personalised care
We follow the latest clinical guidelines to ensure our assessments are accurate, thorough, and tailored to your unique profile. Our reports are clear, detailed, and built to support you in everyday life, school, or work.
Ongoing support from diagnosis to treatment
Our commitment to you continues beyond the assessment. We provide clear next steps, tailored recommendations, and access to ongoing treatment options — ensuring you feel supported at every stage of your journey.
Your privacy, fully protected
We understand how personal this journey is. That’s why every assessment is carried out with discretion, sensitivity, and complete confidentiality. Your information is handled securely and respectfully at every stage.
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How we can support with Dyslexia
Whether you're a parent seeking a Dyslexia Diagnosis for your child, a college or university student, or an individual over 18, our tailored dyslexia assessments are designed for you. Dyslexia Symptoms often go unnoticed until adolescence, leading to struggles in school or work without understanding the root cause. Yet, it's never too late to seek support.
Dyslexia Treatment isn’t about intelligence, hearing, or vision. It’s about addressing specific learning differences. With early identification and intervention, those with dyslexia can thrive through tutoring or specialised programmes. Our experienced educational psychologists provide accurate Dyslexia Diagnosis, identify key Dyslexia Symptoms, and deliver effective Dyslexia Treatment plans.
If you’re concerned, especially about Dyslexia in Children, we’re here to help—guiding you or your child forward with confidence.
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What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words. Also known as a reading disability, dyslexia arises from individual differences in brain areas that process language. Although there’s no cure for dyslexia, early assessment and intervention can significantly improve outcomes, especially for children with dyslexia.
What are the symptoms of dyslexia?
Symptoms of dyslexia vary depending on age; however, they usually become more apparent the longer it goes untreated.
Symptoms in children before school
In early years, signs that a child may be at risk of dyslexia often include late talking, learning new words slowly, problems forming words correctly and remembering or naming letters, numbers or colours.
Symptoms in children at school age
Once your child is in school, dyslexia symptoms become more apparent. These are often first noticed by your child’s teacher where they begin learning to read, where they may be well below the expected level for their age. Additionally, symptoms include:
- Challenges in processing and understanding what they hear
- Difficulty finding the right words or forming responses to questions
- Problems with sequencing and recalling ordered information
- Difficulty recognizing similarities and differences in letters and words
- Trouble pronouncing unfamiliar words
- Difficulty with spelling
- Taking an unusually long time to complete reading or writing tasks
- Avoidance of activities that involve reading
Symptoms in teens and adults
Symptoms of dyslexia in teens and adults are a lot like those in children with the addition of:
- Noticeably poor spelling
- Mispronouncing names or words
- Spending an unusually long-time completing tasks that involve reading or writing
- Difficulty summarising text
- Trouble learning a foreign language
- Difficulty solving math word problems
How is dyslexia diagnosed?
Our team and network of well-rounded dyslexia experts diagnose dyslexia through our own comprehensive dyslexia assessment. Here is our proven 6 step process:
Developmental and Family History
For children: We collect information about your child’s developmental milestones, any family history of learning difficulties, and relevant medical conditions.
For adults: We gather details about your childhood learning experiences, educational background, and any history of learning difficulties within the family.
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Observations and Interviews
For children: Our expert psychologists will observe behaviour in educational settings and conduct interviews with you, teachers, and your child.
For adults: We’ll interview you about your current challenges, work or higher education, and academic history, as well as your experiences with reading and writing.
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Comprehensive Assessments
For children: We start your child’s dyslexia assessment with a psychometric test to evaluate your child’s reading, spelling, phonological processing, memory, and cognitive skills using standardised tests. This is followed with a language assessment to examine language comprehension and verbal skills.
For adults: In adult dyslexia assessments, we begin with a cognitive and achievement test to assess your reading, writing, and spelling skills, as well as phonological processing and working memory. We then ask you to complete a self-report questionnaire to understand your perception of your reading and writing difficulties for review by our psychologists.
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Hearing and Vision Tests
To ensure that hearing and vision problems are not contributing to learning difficulties, we may refer you or your child to our partners in ophthalmology (opticians) and audiologists to carry out a hearing and vision test.
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Genetic Testing
In some cases, we recommend genetic testing to rule out genetic disorders that may impact learning, such as Rett syndrome or fragile X syndrome.
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Review and Feedback
If a diagnosis is made;
For children and students: We will provide detailed feedback to parents and teachers and develop an individualised intervention plan to treat your child’s dyslexia.
For adults: Our dyslexia therapists will provide feedback and strategies for managing dyslexia in daily life, work, and educational settings. We also offer personalised treatment therapies for dyslexia to help improve your circumstances.
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This thorough approach ensures accurate diagnosis and effective treatment plans tailored to the unique needs of both children and adults.
How do you treat dyslexia?
Working with Crystal Pathways, you or your child will have access to a team of educational psychologists, occupational therapists, and other relevant specialists to overcome the challenges of dyslexia. Together, they’ll outline a personalised treatment plan.
How we treat dyslexia in children
For children, we use evidence based structured literacy programmes that focus on phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension to improve reading skills. Our educational psychologists work with your child’s teachers or provide one-on-one tutoring to deliver personalised sessions that address specific areas of difficulty. This may include recommending innovative tools and apps to make learning more engaging and effective.
Additionally, we work with parents and provide strategies that support your child’s learning at home.
How we treat dyslexia in adults
We treat dyslexia in adults with targeted training to enhance reading and writing abilities. Our occupational therapists and educational psychologists work with employers and universities to provide workplace and educational adjustments that support learning and occupational needs. This may include recommending text-to-speech software to aid daily tasks. Working directly with you, our experts will outline proven techniques tailored to your individual needs to manage dyslexia in professional and personal settings.
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Our comprehensive approach
We believe in a holistic approach to treating dyslexia. It’s why we implement regular progress monitoring to track improvements and ensure our methods are effective. Additionally, our experience has taught us no case of dyslexia is the same, which is why our intervention plans are tailored the meet the unique needs of everyone.
Now also available at The Brighton Health Clinic
Dyslexia assessments are also available at The Brighton Health Clinic, in person or via video call, with SASC-compliant reports accepted by employers, universities and exam boards.
See how a dyslexia assessment works at Brighton Health Clinic
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Why choose Crystal Pathways to diagnose and treat dyslexia
Our multidisciplinary team, comprising of educational psychologists, speech and language therapists, neuropsychologists, and occupational therapists collaborate to deliver extensive support, ensuring the best possible outcome for our clients. These compassionate professionals are dedicated to empowering patients with our proven dyslexia diagnostic and treatment solutions. They provide comprehensive, individualised to help children and adults overcome challenges and reach their full potential.
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Contact Crystal Pathways to schedule an assessment and start the journey to improved reading and writing skills with confidence. Together, we can make a significant difference in yours or your child’s life.
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