Dyslexia Assessment in Spain for Expat Kids

Dyslexia in a bilingual child in Spain is a maze, and it is a maze nobody walks parents through clearly. The Spanish system officially puts dyslexia diagnosis in the hands of the speech therapist, the logopeda, which surprises every British parent who is expecting an educational psychologist. International schools tend to want a report from someone trained in the UK or US system. Spanish state schools want a report from a Spanish accredited professional. The result is that parents either pay for two assessments or get one report that the other side will not accept. On top of that, the research now says you have to rule out second language acquisition struggle before you label a child dyslexic in their non-native language, because the symptoms overlap and the cost of getting that wrong is high. We are building this site for the parent who is sat in the school office, the teacher is talking about repeating the year, and they need to know whether to call Sinews in Madrid, Global Education Testing in Marbella, or a local logopeda first. The answer changes depending on which school, which region, and which language the child reads in better. We will lay it out. Email below to get it.