411 High Street Chatham Kent ME4 4NU
Tel: 01634 848232
Helpline: 0870 770 5262
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We are a thriving Association that:
- Provides support to enable schools, colleges and the workplace to become dyslexia-friendly.
- Runs a variety of training courses.
- Runs a telephone helpline.
- Offers information and advice.
- Supports dyslexics on probation.
- Offers school support
- Offers the services of voluntary independent mediators.
- Provides free befriending & advice to parents.
- Runs free training for befrienders and helpliners.
- Offers specialist assessments.
- Provides specialist tuition.
- Organises conferences and events.
- Has a resource centre for members to use.
- Has a number of volunteers who help to keep the service going
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist assessments:
- Early Screening from 4 years 6 months
- Full diagnostic assessment from 7 years upwards
- Assessments for concessions for public examinations including GCSE and A Level
- Assessments that are accepted by Medway LEA with regard to Disabled Students Allowance
- Adult assessment.
Dyslexia-friendly schools are schools that:
- Recognise dyslexia and actively support all pupils.
- Engage in dyslexia-friendly practice across the whole curriculum.
- Ensure that being dyslexia-friendly underpins the philosophy of the school.
- Have a specialist dyslexia teacher.
- Engage in regular and ongoing training for all staff.
For more information on how to become a dyslexia-friendly school, go to our schools support page.
Befriending and Helpline Services
Free training is offered to volunteers who are members of the Association, wishing to help in these areas. Befrienders offer their services as voluntary, independent mediators for schools, parents and pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties at School Action, School Action Plus , Formal Assessment and Statemented levels.
The Helpline runs Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm.
If you would like to become involved in this contact us.
The Association has a growing resource centre which is available for use by Association members and teachers/tutors from establishments signed up to the Dyslexia-Friendly Project.
Resources include:
- Teaching resources, books, learning aids and games
- Academic texts
- Software
- Internet access
If you would like to help at the Resource Centre contact us.
We have a number of volunteers who are in involved in a number of ways, from manning the resource centre, supplying bottles for the tombola or working on the Helpline to Befriending, cake baking or attending fundraising events.
If you would like to volunteer any aspect of what you can do we would love to hear from you, please visit the contact us page.
