Continuing to raise awareness of Dyslexia Engage : Inspire : Achieve
.NEW - Dyscalculia Assessments- contact us for more details.
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
We have in 2023 run Conferences in Edge Hil University and Cardiff .Positive Dyslexia has held three Dyslexia Conferences in Liverpool so far.
"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.
Our next Conference is on November 23rd 2023. Early bird and student tickets available . All tickets exclude VAT.
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 20th 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 10 years os a Board Member or the BDA Accreditation Board. 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 last BDA Awards Dinner 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-
SASC Board Member (Standards of Assessment SpLD Committee)2012-2020