Dyslexia Diagnostician and Study Skills Tutor

Broad Category
Services, therapies, and modalities
Music / arts / performance health, Neurodiversity / learning difference or disability, Paediatrics / children, Teaching / coaching / education
Regions Covered
Online/Telephone/Remote
Address
Online
Practitioner Name
Qualifications/registration
Masters in Education (M Ed) distinction - University of Birmingham, 2022; PG Cert Language Literacies and Dyslexia - University of Birmingham, 2016; CPT3A - Dyslexia Action, 2013; AMBDA
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Current professional registration, insurance and DBS confirmed
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Alicia Johnson is a Specialist Teacher and SpLD (Specific Learning Differences) Assessor. She holds a Masters in Education (MEd) and has fifteen years' experience working in education with ten years working in Special Educational Needs (SEN). Alicia is skilled in assessing for dyslexia and works with students with traits of ADHD and developmental coordination disorder (DCD).

Alicia provides comprehensive reports detailing individuals' learning strengths and challenges. This includes recommendations for study and self-development. Alicia specialises in recommendations for musicians to enable them to better access their studies.

Broad Category
Services, therapies, and modalities
Music / arts / performance health, Neurodiversity / learning difference or disability, Teaching / coaching / education
Regions Covered
South East, Online/Telephone/Remote
Address
Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Practitioner Name
Qualifications/registration
Master of Education Language Literacies and Dyslexia (AMBDA Enhanced), University of Birmingham, July 2024; British Dyslexia Association: Music and Dyslexia - Practical Solutions, October 2015: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance:BMus (hons) Saxophone, June 2013
Registration, insurance and DBS checks
Current professional registration, insurance and DBS confirmed
Website
Information (Note: telephone numbers are available via BAPAM helpline)

Anna Cooper is a Specialist Teacher Assessor providing Diagnostic Assessment for adults and Learning Support, with a particular focus on music and the performing arts. She assesses dyslexia and provides educational assessments for ADHD and dyspraxia, aiming to harness individual strengths through devising tailored strategies which address areas of challenge and assist individuals throughout their educational and workplace careers. These assessments can be used to support application for the DSA (disabled student allowance in Higher Education) as well as the Access to Work Scheme.

Anna works with musicians, actors, musical theatre performers, other professionals and adult students. She is a trained woodwind musician herself, a member of the British Dyslexia Association's Music Committee, and is also neurodivergent (dyslexia and ADHD). As a professional musician and educator, she has both a personal and professional understanding of the demands of the industry, but especially in relation to the experiences and needs of neurodivergent performing artists.