You may now feel that you have at last found out what your child has been dealing with all his or her life. You may be thinking “how can I find out if my child is actually dyslexic?”

Using this site and chatting with dyslexics or their parents might have confirmed your suspicions, but without an assessment by a qualified person you cannot be sure.

There are a number of ways to go about this. You can go to the UK and see an Educational Psychologist or see one on the Costa del Sol or you can get assessed here in Gibraltar by the Education Departments Educational Psychologist, if you are still in school.

Our Recommendation

We recommend that you speak firstly to your childs form tutor and ask to see the SENCO (Special Education Needs Co-Ordinator) and tell the SENCO that you think that your child might have a learning difficulty like dyslexia. The SENCO should do an assessment and keep you informed on how your child is doing and how you can help.

If after speaking to the SENCO you still do not see a change, you should speak to the Head of the school. And last but not least if you still see no change go directly to the Education Department and inform them that you suspect that your child might be dyslexic and would like him/her to be seen by the Educational Psychologist.

PLEASE give the SENCO and school time.

If you prefer to have the assessment privately we would like to inform you that it can be quite expensive costing between £250 to £450. Please do contact us for more details. We have a list of Educational Psychologist’s who visit the Costa del Sol regularly.

Whatever your choice we are here to help and hope that you contact us so we can do just that.