My Background

My background is in language and communication. Prior to becoming a Dyslexia Teacher and Assessor, I was a Corporate Communications specialist delivering face to face and written communications for companies and charities, and before that, I gained my honours degree in Modern Languages.

I worked for a large dyslexia charity before becoming independent, delivering 1-2-1 multi-sensory teaching, managing other specialist teachers, completing diagnostic assessments and raising awareness among the community. As a SEN Parent Governor in both a Primary and Secondary School for four years, I learned about schools from a management and organisational point of view.

Who I Am

I am Caris Stoller, a Dyslexia Assessor with significant knowledge about dyslexia and other, overlapping, SpLDs, built accross over fifteen years working with students of all ages from 8 to Adult. I have a Masters (Level 7) qualification in Teaching and Assessing for Dyslexia and a current Practising Certificate issued by my professional body, PATOSS.

I work in Hampshire and students come to my home office for assessment from Berkshire and Surrey too. I work privately with individual students looking for a diagnosis or study advice, as well as in schools and colleges, where I complete Access Arrangement assessments for students who need arrangements such as extra time in exams.

This site is intended as a place where I can provide some of the information and advice I have developed over the last few years to support students with dyslexia, their parents and their teachers. If you are interested in a diagnostic assessment, or want to know about how schools provide Access Arrangements in public exams, look at the Assessment pages of this site or email me via the Contact Me page.

Further Interests

If you simply want to learn more about Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs) and how students with them can be supported at different levels of education: how you could change the way you study for the better or how you could create parent-child informal activities to bolster learning, read the pages on this site you are most interested in. There are learning resources available across this website, videos included and key details for progression for you and your child in this area.