Assessment Services

Edvocation Assessment Services focus on the four broad areas of need identified in the Children and Families Act (2015) or the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act (2018).  We use a wide range of psycho-educational assessment activities, information gathering tools and observations to determine specific information about a young person’s unique strengths and challenges – such as how they best learn, what their learning strengths are, and what areas are presenting as problematic and/or concerns.  

Our assessments take into account a range of factors that may be contributing to the challenges a young person may be facing in accessing, engaging, participating, and making progress in their learning –such as cognitive, academic, attentional, interactional, and socio-emotional features. This provides the basis of the suggestions and strategies we make which reflect the types and amounts of high-quality provision that are appropriately matched to the types and complexity of SEND or ALN  that the child may be described as experiencing.  

We invite assessment referrals from educational settings, parents/carers, and Local Authority Services.

We believe in building our services around your needs. Our current assessment services offer you choice and flexibility through their typical use, case-management, assessment visit, evidence bundle, and cost. In addition we offer parent/carer support as part of our assessment process, and the opportunity for educational practitioners to participate in our CPD Workshop event to support professional development and peer network.

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These include:

1. Psychometric assessments for Cognition and Learning (including SpLD - Dyslexia), Emotional and Neurodevelopmental indicators, for example ADHD, mood disorder, anxiety, Oppositional Defiant Disorder/Conduct Disorder; autism screening
2. Psychometric assessments of adaptive behaviour and functioning, and mental health
3. Structured and naturalistic observation of engagement and participation in context
4. Information gathering from a range of sources, such as parent/carers/school staff
5. Sensory processing screening assessments

Edvocation® Services reports can be used towards supporting information for Local Authority Education and Social Care practitioners and Mental Health clinicians and practitioners, such as in referral to BEE- U Services (CAMHS) and within requests for statutory assessment/ GSP application.​

Following test administration, data analysis, review of additional information, such as professionals' reports, information is collated. A report with an overall summary of findings will be provided. Advice given varies dependent on the assessment service commissioned. It ranges from general advice to specific, individualised, structured, time-limited and costed provision recommendations. There is an option to book a follow-up appointment to discuss findings and recommended next steps.