Understand the role of phonological, verbal and visual working memory in diagnostic assessment.
SASC Authorised CPD
Memory and Diagnostic Assessment: What do we need to know?
Let’s focus on working memory in dyslexia and SpLD assessment with Jennifer McDermott.
90 minutes of CPD
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What the session covers
Develop greater confidence in assessing and reporting memory
Explore the role of different aspects of working memory and consider what your findings mean within a diagnostic assessment.
Map memory findings to the Delphi definition of dyslexia.
Apply the 2025 SASC report format in your reporting.
Identify and use suitable tools for measuring memory.
Discuss impacts on learning and daily life with confidence.
Draft professional report wording that reflects best practice.
Senior Trainer
Jennifer McDermott
Jen is an experienced independent specialist teacher assessor with a career spanning 25 years across differing age ranges and educational settings. Her vital role with Patoss as the Lead of the Assessment Practising Certificate (APC) Review Team contributed to the promotion of best practices across the profession.
It underpinned the many focused training courses Jen developed and delivered to support assessors as they prepared to renew their APC and in the ongoing development of their professional practice. Jen believes in the importance of working collaboratively. She has been an active member of the Patoss Board as well as its senior management team. She currently serves as a Director of the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC), having joined the Board in 2014.
This role demonstrates her commitment to the highest standards in diagnostic assessment and to the support of fellow professionals who strive to achieve these standards. Her central contribution over the years to the development and effective evolution of the diagnostic assessment report format, its implementation and interpretation exemplifies her commitment to work positively with her colleagues and others.
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