Dyslexia Questionnaire

SURVEY OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN-SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTIES:

DYSLEXIA, DYSPRAXIA, DYSCALCULIA, ADHD.

The British Dyslexia Association would really appreciate five minutes of your time to complete this short questionnaire.
Thank you for your help.

Please complete a separate questionnaire for each child who has any of the above learning difficulties.
Please answer every question - this will help us to help others.

Information obtained from this survey is completely confidential and will only be used for research purposes.
Neither you nor your school will be identified in any report.

What type of school does/did your child attend?

 

State Primary
State Secondary
Special School
Independent School
Independent Special School
Grant Maintained/Academy
Is your child getting learning support from his/her school on:
School Action
School Action Plus
Statement
If other, please specify ...   ...
In which year did you raise concerns to the school about your child's progress?
In which year did the school accept your concerns about your child's progress?
In which year did the school begin learning support for your child?

Who has been providing the learning support?
Learning support assistant WITHOUT a specialist dyslexia qualification
Learning support assistant WITH a specialist dyslexia qualification
Teacher WITHOUT a specialist dyslexia qualification
Teacher WITH a specialist dyslexia qualification
If other, please specify ...   ...
Has your child caught up with his/her contemporaries i.e. skills age appropriate? Yes No
Overall, do you think the school has adequately met your child's learning needs? Yes No
How effective do you feel the support has been for your child?
  
Very effective
Fairly effective
Not very effective
Not effective at all

Has your child been 'diagnosed' with:

  
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
Dyscalculia
ADHD
Behavioural Problems
If other, please specify ...   ...
Has your child ever been bullied at school?
 Yes No
How old are you?
  
Which of these ethnic groups do you consider you belong to?
 
White
Black or Black-British
Asian or Asian-British
Chinese or other ethnic background
Mixed background
Your gender
 Female Male
Your child's gender
 Female Male