Rick Portsmouth: Chartered Educational Psychologist

Areas of Expertise:

Works from: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Locations: Middlesbrough, Stockton, Darlington, Hartlepool, Cumbria,
Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear.

Will also accept referrals within the EEC and further afield.

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Experience

I am a chartered educational psychologist, and Director of Dyslexia North, an independent psychological assessment and consultancy business. I have worked with children and adults for over thirty five years, a significant part of which has been the preparation of formal reports for decision making by educational establishments, stakeholders, examination authorities and professional/commercial organisations across public and private sectors within the North East of England including state schools and academies, independent schools, universities and medical schools and organisations within the business sector.

I have been an Honorary Associate Tutor at Newcastle University, and a British Psychological Society Advisor/Inspector on Educational Psychologists’ post-graduate professional training.

I have considerable experience at a national level of monitoring/inspection of formal psychological assessment reports done by consultant psychologists working on behalf of Dyslexia Action.

I have provided assessments for court on children who have been the subject of child protection proceedings because of abuse or neglect, children with special educational needs, and have advised on how their needs can be met. I have provided psychological advice in personal injury cases, in cases being brought to Tribunal under disability discrimination legislation, and in medico/legal, clinical negligence cases.

I am able to provide full psychological assessment of children, young people and adults, produce clear and concise reports, and present my evidence at hearings in a convincing, coherent and well-argued manner.

I am trained and experienced in a variety of up-to-date assessment techniques to elicit relevant information about cognitive capacity, academic achievement, behavioural, social and emotional functioning, and have developed a personal style and professional approaches and procedures to use with clients that make the assessment process enjoyable for them and helpful for the court.