About Emerson House
Emerson House is a Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) Support Centre established in 1991 by two pioneering specialists – Jane Emerson and Dorian Yeo – as a dedicated centre for clinical assessment and intervention for children with specific neurological profiles in literacy and mathematics.
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Today, Emerson House continues its long tradition of providing specialist remediation for young individuals at the primary developmental stage who require technical support to overcome barriers in literacy and mathematics. Using our research-based frameworks, we provide bespoke intervention sessions tailored to the unique cognitive processing needs of each child. Our SpLD experts are trained and qualified practitioners with extensive experience in providing remediation for children with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia.
SEN
Emerson House provides expert support for children encountering barriers within mainstream education due to a Special Educational Need (SEN).
We possess a comprehensive understanding of how to provide targeted intervention for Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs). Children referred to Emerson House have typically encountered significant challenges in literacy mechanics - such as phonological awareness, spelling, orthographic skill deficiencies, comprehension processing difficulties and writing - and/or numerical understanding and processing. Our holistic approach also addresses the emotional well-being, social skills and often low self-esteem of the child, providing the resilience coaching necessary to overcome these hurdles and flourish.
Multidisciplinary Intervention Approach
Emerson House offers a range of diagnostic, assessment and support structures tailored to the specific profile of the child. Our core framework consists of our ‘3-Hour Sessions’.
Delivered by experienced therapists over the course of a morning or afternoon, these Sessions provide intensive, one-on-one or small-group specialist intervention across three core clinical domains: Literacy Remediation, Numerical Cognition and Processing, and Assistive Technology. This multidisciplinary approach ensures that every child receives comprehensive support to address their specific barriers to learning.
Each Session at Emerson House is a dynamic assessment. Our practitioners continuously gather data on the child’s cognitive processing, literacy mechanics, and emotional resilience. This data is analysed after every session to recalibrate the child's bespoke intervention plan. We act as a bridge between the clinical diagnosis of an Educational Psychologist and the child’s mainstream school experience.
Emerson House is not a specialist school, it offers support for children while at their chosen place of education. Our objective with each child is to identify and support their needs so that they are able to better access their core subjects at school.
Assessment and Diagnostic Appraisal
During an initial consultation with parents, one of our senior practitioners conducts a diagnostic appraisal of the child. This involves both static and dynamic assessment procedures to provide the basis for an open discussion with parents and schools regarding the specialist intervention and support required.
We integrate our findings with standardised scores and existing reports from other professional specialists to architect a bespoke remediation plan for each child. This ensures that every child's intervention journey is informed by specialist professional advice and by data so it is precisely targeted to remediate specific learning and emotional barriers to give the child access to educational progress.