We are pleased to announce that we are now an Accredited OCN London Centre offering L3 Courses for those supporting dyslexic and dyscalculic children and adults. Our next L4 courses for Work Place Needs Assessors starts are fully booked but we are booking for our next course in Spring 2025. Contact us for more details. We have a booking form/Brief Guide we can email you .
"The course was brilliant, thank you so much! The FB group has also been a great way to meet other professionals who are providing the same service. Thank you so much!"
"Excellent training, knowledgable and extremely supportive. Katrina was wonderful and very professional"
"Excellent course and highly recommend"
NEW TRAINING DATES and CONFERENCES ANNOUNCED
Our next L3 Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Course is starting in May - run with the Dyscalculia Network over 4 sessions - Book now - https://bit.ly/DyslexiaDyscalculiaL3
Our May/June course also includes a free delegate ticket to the Edge Hill Dyscalculia Conference https://bit.ly/L3May
Our Next L4 course is starting shortly also - Do join our Introductory session FREE ( contact us if you would like the link) - bit.ly/4bQXVAa
We have announced new dates for our conferences and training courses - see EVENTS and book through our WebShop. No Eventbrite fees!
DATES FOR DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS ALWAYS AVAILABLE - CURRENTLY BOOKING FOR NEXT MONTH. Now assessing Dyscalculia as well as Dyslexia.
Thanks, Katrina. It's been a great four days. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I feel really motivated to crack on. SR HR Professional
Just wanted to say I really enjoyed our training from you and I have already been giving some tips and tricks I learned to some of neurodiverse individuals on (our) programme. Samantha , Delegate
Who We Work With
We carry out Diagnostic assessments for pre and post 16 year olds. Our assessors are based nationally and can offer a quick turnaround.
We can offer full diagnostic assessments and support to help parents enable their children reach their potential.
Are you meeting the Equality Act (2010) for your employees? We run Accredited awareness training for organisations and Needs assessments for employees.
We can offer INSET training at competitive rates and we can carry out Group screenings or carry out testing for Exam Access Arrangements
Our Conferences and Events
In 2023 we ran Conferences in Edge Hill University , Cardiff and Liverpool. In September 2025 we ran our first London Conference in Twickenham . Positive Dyslexia has held five Dyslexia Conferences in Liverpool so far. We ran our very successful Annual Conference in November 2024 in Liverpool . Speakers included
Dr Phillip Kirby, KCL
Sally Ann Morrison ( Praxis)
Jamie Wace , CEO Talamo
Arran Smith, SEND group
"I just wanted to say a huge thank-you for today! The conference you organised was absolutely fantastic! I had such a lovely day and I learnt so much. Everything was great!" Delegate.
We will be back in 2025 in Edge Hill, Twickenham and Liverpool.
How to Book an assessment or a training day?
We have assessors and trainers nationally so we hope to be able
to find you a date within the near future.
Who are Positive Dyslexia
Positive Dyslexia was set up in 2016 by Katrina Cochrane, in order to raise awareness of dyslexia and co-occuring difficulties and support the needs of both Adults and Children. We can also help employers, schools and parents.
Katrina Cochrane, has spent nearly 25 years in education - this is her 26th year as a a Dyslexia Specialist. She spent 14 years with Dyslexia Action as Principal and Southern Regional Manager then 4 with the British Dyslexia Association as Head of Education and Policy ( and more recently returned as acting Director of Education and CPD ). She has been a Tutor for teachers on the Dyslexia Action PostGraduate Diploma course and helped write the Accredited Level 7 course for specialist teachers for the BDA. Katrina has written several SASC Accredited courses for the BDA, co-written their Level 4 course for Employers, and is a long standing APC Reviewer for them. She has spent 12 years os a Board Member or the BDA Accreditation Board , latterly as Joint Vice Chair. Katrina mentors assessors renewing their Assessment Practicing Certificate and is also a Trustee of the Adult Dyslexia Centre (www.adc.org.uk )
Katrina has co-written two books on Dyslexia and presented many training sessions and webinars and was very proud to receive an Award at the 2018 BDA Awards for going "Above and Beyond". (see photo taken at the BDA Awards Dinner).
Fully DBS checked
Holds Professional Indemnity insurance and Bronze Organisational Member of the BDA
Member of BDA Accreditation Board
2012-25
SASC Board Member (Standards of Assessment SpLD Committee)2012-2020
Testimonials
“An excellent course- fantastic to see so many of our staff engage so thoroughly with what was being discussed....very useful information form Katrina, excellent structure and pace - chance to discuss things as a whole staff and consider whole school issues”
CB, Isle of Man
“It is self evident that for you this is more than just a vocation and for parents like me, you are a life line of information , hope and strength. I can't begin to tell you how much it's meant”
PD, Parent of 3 dyslexic children, Hampshire
“The report was fantastic! The school have already implemented your recommendations and are getting somebody in from outside to do a classroom assessment with E. The teachers are very impressed with the detail of the report ."
SS, Parent