Presentation on our guidelines for Dyslexia festival 2014

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ENABLING WORKPLACES:

A WORKING PARTY WITHIN THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGY SOCIETY

NANCY DOYLE C. PSYCHOL. AFBPSS

WHO ARE WE AND WHY DID WE COME TOGETHER? Working group members Nancy Doyle (Convener) Christopher Rossiter Joanna Roberts Shirley Ryall Helen Bartimote Sarah Cleaver Joanna Wilde Tessa Hollingsworth David Mcloughlin

WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?

Best Practice Guidelines for

Diagnostic Assessments of

adults

CPD for open to all psychologists on diagnosing

adults

Presentations at 3 Occ Health

conferences to raise awareness

Written 4 articles for Psychologist periodicals to

share best practice

Conducted two surveys to

explore stress and health links

with dyslexia

Contributed to the Access to

Work consultation and DWP

employability consultations

BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES

How can we recreate a

diagnostic process that empowers

people to work at their best?

PRINCIPLE 1: TAKING CARE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING DURING ASSESSMENT

PRINCIPLE 1: TAKING CARE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING DURING ASSESSMENT

“The diagnosis brought about some sort of identity crisis I guess I am now still unsure where my

personality ends and the dyslexia begins... What I believe are characteristics of my personality and

not actually my own, but coping mechanisms (e.g. Keeping lists, the need for tidiness) – it feels like I

am not sure who I am anymore.”Quote from McLoughlin and Leather, 2013

PRINCIPLE 2: OCCUPATIONAL COMPETENCE TO PRACTICE

PRINCIPLE 3: REPORTS THAT CAN BE READ, EASILY BY THE PEOPLE THEY ARE WRITTEN ABOUT! (AND THEIR MANAGERS)

PRINCIPLE 4: STRENGTHS EXPLORED WELL

PRINCIPLE 5: ADULT APPROPRIATE TERMS

Reading Age? Average? ‘Learning’

difficulties? Medical

phrases?

PRINCIPLE 6: WORKPLACE CONFIDENTIALITY BOUNDARIES

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PRINCIPLE 8: WORKPLACE NEEDS IS SEPARATE FROM DIAGNOSIS

OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS

WE ARE NOT PERFECT.BUT WE ARE LISTENING.https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6536615

WHAT NEXT?