Ged
Balmer
Chartered
Educational Psychologist
"advice,
assessment and an independent opinion"
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BPS member number
034097 |
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Cert. Ed., BSc. (Hons), MSc.,
C. Psychol., AFBPsS.
(An English national with
fluent French)
After 13 years of teaching in
LEA maintained schools,
I qualified as an educational psychologist in 1986.
After 25 years of full time continuous employment
as such by one of the
I am now in my eighth year of private practice.
I am an Associate Fellow of the
British Psychological Society,
a member of the Division of Education and Child Psychology
and a Chartered Educational Psychologist.
I am registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions
Council
I have an Enhanced Disclosure CRB check certificate.
I specialise in educational
problems with pupils and students from 6 - 16 years old.
Assessment is usually carried
out using the full 10 core tests of the
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for
Children-V uk (published in December 2016)
and full literacy or numeracy tests WIAT-III uk (published in August 2017) to
evaluate levels of specific need.
Additionally, for people aged 17 plus, I can carry out an abbreviated (and less
costly)
psychometric assessment (WASI-II) for potential access arrangements
but this is not sufficient for the DSA requirements for
extra funding.
If speed of writing is an
issue, I can carry out a Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting assessment
(DASH/ DASH 17+)
This may facilitate extra
provision in further and higher education or employment.
Please check out your exam board requirements in relation to your particular
educational establishment
for assessment materials approved of for problems with literacy
or numeracy.
My extensive experience
includes full assessment of underlying abilities in relation to
dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, specific language disorder, specific learning
difficulties,
access arrangements for public examinations
and Special Educational Needs (SEN) Tribunals both as
as an independent psychologist and equally "from the other side"
as the Local Education Authority Tribunal Officer.
As a private, independent
psychologist, I can be available at very
short notice to give telephone or e-mail advice and an unbiased opinion about
your child.
As well as providing psychological advice,
I can advise on SEN procedures and SEN Tribunals.
I can also help to clarify previous educational psychology reports.
I am based in the South East of
the UK, in London BR7
on the Greenwich/Bromley/Kent border, 15 minutes from
the Dartford Tunnel/QE2 Bridge Crossing of the M25,
but I am prepared to travel.
Please
contact me for very prompt
telephone and e-mail advice and an independent opinion,
a personal, bespoke service
from a private chartered educational psychologist.
e-mail ged.balmer@btinternet.com
please find below,
some papers I have written,
useful pages
and other links
Private Chartered Educational Psychologist
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"advice, assessment
and an independent opinion"
Web site last updated on 20.08.19