We provide the support you need

My Kind of Thinking was established by experienced teachers and dyslexia assessors Vicki Angel and Alice Humpheson in response to the need for a local quality assured dyslexia support and assessment service. We have significant experience in colleges, university and the workplace and aim to bring this knowledge to people in a user-friendly way.

Although My Kind of Thinking originally started out as an assessing service in Dorset and the New Forest, we have since expanded to work with adults remotely across the UK, and the majority of our appointments are now completed using video platforming software.

Vicki and Alice are the company directors of My Kind of Thinking, but we also work with a team of other fully qualified assessors who are quality assured by a range of professional bodies including the British Dyslexia Association (BDA), Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific learning difficulties (PATOSS) and The Dyslexia Guild. All our assessors hold full DBS certificates, indemnity insurance and belong to a professional body.

Vicki Angel

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Vicki is a qualified teacher with over 25 years’ experience in schools, colleges and universities. She worked as a secondary school teacher for a number of years before working with students with additional needs. After several years running programmes for young people and adults in the FE sector, Vicki undertook a Masters in Education, specialising in Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs), along with additional training to assess for dyslexia. She is also a qualified SENCO and worked for several years as an Advisory Teacher for the local authority.

Vicki worked for four years in a local university offering 1:1 specialist support to students with a range of additional needs, alongside completing full diagnostic assessments for dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD.  Vicki was also the Chair of the Dorset PATOSS group in Dorset for a number of years. She is increasingly interested in neurodiversity in the workplace, understanding how to support individuals to achieve their full potential. 

Vicki lives in Swanage and relaxes by walking in the Purbeck hills with her dogs Poppy and Luna. She enjoys year-round sea swimming, and pottering in her allotment. Vicki helps out in the family bookshops whenever she can, and has provided training on dyslexia to booksellers from across the UK.

  • MEd. Equality and Diversity
  • Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA)  
  • Assessment Practicing Certificate BDA 
  • OCN L4 Workplace Assessor
  • National Award for SEN Coordination (NASENCO)
  • PGCE Geography and SEN
  • BSc. (Hons) Geography

Alice Humpheson

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Alice has significant experience of helping adults and young people realise their potential,  having worked in a range of educational settings including universities, colleges and adult community learning for nearly 20 years. Initially teaching IT, maths and English to a wide range of learners, Alice later trained to specialise in specific learning difficulties where she gained a Masters from the University of Southampton and qualified to both teach and assess individuals with dyslexia and other SpLDs.

Alice is a keen advocate of assistive technology and strongly believes that individuals are far more likely to achieve when they are provided with the right tools, enabling them to use existing strengths to overcome challenges.  As a current SpLD practitioner and study skills tutor for university students, Alice has plenty of opportunity to develop and maintain her understanding of the challenges that individuals with a SpLD face, and this insight helps inform her work as an assessor.

When she’s not working, Alice enjoys paddle boarding and exploring Dorset and the New Forest either by foot or on her bicycle.

  • MSc Education (SpLD)
  • Member of the Dyslexia Guild (MDG)
  • Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA FE/HE)  
  • Assessment Practicing Certificate – Dyslexia Guild 
  • BA (Hons) Post Compulsory Education and Training
  • Certificate in Education
  • JEB Teacher Trainer Diploma in ICT Skills