I have my assessment date. It was supposed to be 1st August but has now been changed to 14th instead, cutting it a little fine for university I think. Luckily her turn around for reports is roughly 10 days.
Apparently it takes between 2-3hrs. I'm going to be so exhausted after that, hopefulyl it doesn't seem as long as it looks.
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Hello Sheppeyescapee,
If it helps to set your mind at rest: I had my assessment completed recently, although only for dyspraxia (not dyslexia or Meares-Irlen syndrome.) I have it in front of me, these were the tests I had to take. Perhaps you'll take the same or similar.
The Morrisby Pegboard
http://www.morrisby.com/img/dexterity/peg-board.jpg
- measures manual dexterity for a fine-motor control task.
The Beery VMI (visual motor integration)
-assesses hand/eye co-ordination
Visual Perception skills 3rd Edition
assess visual perception ability without a motor response (i.e a spoken response is given rather than anything co-ordinated movement etc.)
2-3 hours is a long time to be doing anything. The tests will not be exhausting, but because you are doing a lot of concentrated work they can be pretty tiring, however don't worry, you'll be given plenty of chances to relax between tests and it will proceed at a pace with which you feel comfortable. If you are feeling tired, remember to tell the assessor this.
You might find it amusing, as I do, to know that my results came out pretty diverse.
On the peg board test, even thought I am right-handed, when asked to do the task using only my right hand I was placed in the 1st percentile, weirdly my left hand was best of all scoring in the 20th percentile - although even that is pretty poor. This agrees with previous assessments I've had done pre-16.
Whereas on the Visual Perception Skills test one of my results placed me in the 98th percentile, another in the 91st. So sort of chiming with the high verbal IQ reports I get and the disconnect from poor written work + sequencing problems I have. What this proves is that my problems are not all pervasive but rather localised. There as some things I do well at (98%) while there are other things I am poor at (1%).
These agree with my own reported difficulties as well as the things I think I have a strength in.
Do let us know how it goes and I wish you all the best in getting some answers for yourself.
LJ
If it helps to set your mind at rest: I had my assessment completed recently, although only for dyspraxia (not dyslexia or Meares-Irlen syndrome.) I have it in front of me, these were the tests I had to take. Perhaps you'll take the same or similar.
The Morrisby Pegboard
http://www.morrisby.com/img/dexterity/peg-board.jpg
- measures manual dexterity for a fine-motor control task.
The Beery VMI (visual motor integration)
-assesses hand/eye co-ordination
Visual Perception skills 3rd Edition
assess visual perception ability without a motor response (i.e a spoken response is given rather than anything co-ordinated movement etc.)
2-3 hours is a long time to be doing anything. The tests will not be exhausting, but because you are doing a lot of concentrated work they can be pretty tiring, however don't worry, you'll be given plenty of chances to relax between tests and it will proceed at a pace with which you feel comfortable. If you are feeling tired, remember to tell the assessor this.
You might find it amusing, as I do, to know that my results came out pretty diverse.
On the peg board test, even thought I am right-handed, when asked to do the task using only my right hand I was placed in the 1st percentile, weirdly my left hand was best of all scoring in the 20th percentile - although even that is pretty poor. This agrees with previous assessments I've had done pre-16.
Whereas on the Visual Perception Skills test one of my results placed me in the 98th percentile, another in the 91st. So sort of chiming with the high verbal IQ reports I get and the disconnect from poor written work + sequencing problems I have. What this proves is that my problems are not all pervasive but rather localised. There as some things I do well at (98%) while there are other things I am poor at (1%).
These agree with my own reported difficulties as well as the things I think I have a strength in.
Do let us know how it goes and I wish you all the best in getting some answers for yourself.
LJ
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I'm glad you got an appointment made, even if it's been moved around a bit. I really wouldn't worry too much about it since the person testing you will have a very good idea what to expect. I've found that these people are very sympathetic and knwo how nervous people get when getting tested for things. The main thing is to relax and enjoy yourself and not to get too stressed out if you can't manage any part of the battery of tests they'll put you through, as that will only make things worse.
If you find yourself getting stressed out, ask to take a quick break between tests so that you can calm down again. The person testing you shoulld be able to allow this since stress may skew the test results later on. I hope this helps ^_^.
If you find yourself getting stressed out, ask to take a quick break between tests so that you can calm down again. The person testing you shoulld be able to allow this since stress may skew the test results later on. I hope this helps ^_^.
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Earlier this morning I headed over to Bristol on the train for my appointment for the dyslexia/dyspraxia test. I arrived in Bristol at just before 11, it took us a while to get back to the house as there was a lot of traffic.
The assessment itself was very exhausting, but interesting. There was a lot said and I got a headache about 1hr in so I don't remember a lot of the stuff she said. There were some parts where I got way above average and others where I got incredibly low scores.
The most stressful part was definitely the blocks. There were red and white blocks, you had to make up the picture on the card with them. I got so frustrated with this one, I only attempted 3 or 4 of them and only managed one.
She was quite surprised that at least the dyspraxia hadn't been picked up earlier. Apparently it was blatantly obvious and I should have been seeing an occupational therapist years ago. Although there were both dyslexic and dyspraxic tendencies there, the dyspraxic ones were the worst, is what I was told.
The recommendations that I remember were:
- Digital recorder to record lectures
- PDA
- Laptop as all notes should be in electronic format
- Program to dictate work (can't remember the program name off the top of my head)
- Breaks during exams
- Extra time during exams
There was more, but I have forgotten it. I will post a copy of the report on here when it arrives.
Altogether the whole thing took 3hrs, by the time I got home I was exhausted and had a thumping head. I'm thinking of having a nap now.
The assessment itself was very exhausting, but interesting. There was a lot said and I got a headache about 1hr in so I don't remember a lot of the stuff she said. There were some parts where I got way above average and others where I got incredibly low scores.
The most stressful part was definitely the blocks. There were red and white blocks, you had to make up the picture on the card with them. I got so frustrated with this one, I only attempted 3 or 4 of them and only managed one.
She was quite surprised that at least the dyspraxia hadn't been picked up earlier. Apparently it was blatantly obvious and I should have been seeing an occupational therapist years ago. Although there were both dyslexic and dyspraxic tendencies there, the dyspraxic ones were the worst, is what I was told.
The recommendations that I remember were:
- Digital recorder to record lectures
- PDA
- Laptop as all notes should be in electronic format
- Program to dictate work (can't remember the program name off the top of my head)
- Breaks during exams
- Extra time during exams
There was more, but I have forgotten it. I will post a copy of the report on here when it arrives.
Altogether the whole thing took 3hrs, by the time I got home I was exhausted and had a thumping head. I'm thinking of having a nap now.
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