Dr Jennie Guise, a Practitioner Psychologist, will be speaking at Oak Hill Nyon on the topic of "Assessing Learning Differences: the Why, Who and What." Enter the draw for a free ticket (worth Fr. 35.-). The event is open to teachers and parents and is held over zoom.

Seminar synopsis

• Why should we assess? Parent/carer/teacher roles?
• Who should be assessed?
• What are we looking for when students find reading/writing/maths challenging?
• Screening and standardized assessments
• The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) assessments – what do they involve?

Dr Jennie Guise, MA (Hons), BSc (Hons), MBA, MSc, PhD, PGCPSE, AMBDA FE/HE, MEd, CPsychol, CSci, AFBPsS, FHEA, SpLD APC (Patoss), EuroPsy

Dr Jennie Guise is a Practitioner Psychologist with extensive experience of assessing for Specific Learning Difficulties in Primary and Secondary Schools, Further Education, Higher Education and in the workplace. She has worked in research, and now in applied practice as founder and Director of Dysguise Ltd. She has co-authored books on assessment, teaching tips and study skills, and has edited a series of ‘How to Help’ books that cover a range of difficulties that can be faced by students in the course of their education. Dr Guise's main interests are in identifying what will help individual learners to progress, and in working collaboratively with educators, and workplaces, to apply that knowledge in practical ways.