Adolescents With Reading Difficulties

Help Us Understand Reading and Anxiety in Adolescents.

Are you a parent of an adolescent aged 11–16 who has reading difficulties and is fluent in English? Researchers at the University of Surrey are inviting parent-child pairs to take part in an online research study exploring the connection between reading difficulties and anxiety.

Why participate?
Your insights will help us better support adolescents with reading difficulties in the future.

What’s involved?

Parents: Complete 3 short online surveys (approx. 20 mins total) and share child’s dyslexia assessment report via a secure link.
Adolescents: Complete 2 short online surveys (approx. 15 mins total).

🎁 Thank you gift: Each parent and adolescent will receive a £10 Amazon voucher for participating!

📌 Eligibility:

Adolescents aged 11–16.
In secondary school.
Have reading difficulties.
Had a dyslexia assessment in the last year.
Both parent and adolescent must be fluent in English.

🔗 Interested?
Follow the link to take part here or mail Jovana Durica at UnRAP@surrey.ac.uk to learn more and sign up.

Let’s work together to make a difference in how we support young people with reading challenges.

The Social-Emotional Experiences of Adolescents With Reading Difficulties

The University of Surrey is trying to understand better the links between an adolescent’s reading skills and social-emotional experiences so that we can better support them in the future. As a thank you for your participation, you will be given a £10 or £20 voucher.

They are recruiting:

Adolescents who:

Have reading difficulties.
Are ages 11 to 16.
Are attending secondary school.
Are native English speakers or are fluent in English if it is an additional language.

Professionals working with secondary school adolescents (aged 11 10 17) with reading difficulties. This includes mainstream secondary school teachers, educational psychologists, specialist teachers, SENCos ,and dyslexia tutors.

and parents who:

Have a secondary school adolescent child aged 11-17 who has reading difficulties.
Are native English speakers or are fluent in English if it is an additional language.

Participants will be asked to join a one-to-one 1 hour online interview to share:

Your social-emotional experiences of having a reading difficulty.
Factors that influence your social-emotional well-being in relation to your reading difficulty.
Adolescents social-emotional experiences of having reading difficulties.
Factors that influence.social-emotional well-being for adolescents with reading difficulties.

Participants should scan the QR code for more information and to sign-up. Contact Jovana Durica unrap@surrey.ac.uk for more information.

Research Participants Needed

The Social-Emotional Experiences of Adolescents With Reading Difficulties

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