Train to Assess: Visual Stress in Education
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Are you an educator, or a professional working in education, who wants to make a meaningful and lasting difference in the lives of students showing signs of visual stress?
Misreading the Signs of Learning Barriers
Many educators witness children who struggle with reading, concentration, or classroom engagement — but don't realise visual stress could be a hidden factor, leading to misdiagnosis or delayed support.
Lack of Time and Resources
Busy staff often want to support neurodivergent learners better, but feel overwhelmed by complex needs and a lack of simple, accessible screening tools or practical solutions.
Missing Additional Needs Beyond the Label
Support is frequently based on formal labels such as dyslexia or ADHD — but because visual stress is not always officially recognised or funded, many children risk being overlooked.
Difficulty Creating Inclusive Learning Environments
Meeting the needs of learners with visual stress can be difficult in typical classrooms, where lighting, noise, and reading demands often cause overload.
Just Imagine if you knew how to identify signs of visual stress in your students and could offer practical advice and appropriate adaptations to their learning environment, helping them to thrive.
Hi! I'm Lisa!
Lisa Judson is a Visual Stress Consultant. She is also a qualified teacher, specialist diagnostician and professional lead in the area of Visual Stress assessing and management.
Lisa is a keynote speaker and has a background in Education, working across all age groups, but mainly in secondary and Post 16. Specialising in working with hard to reach young people particularly with Special Educational Needs, ASD, PDA and also from Looked After backgrounds.
Lisa provides training for business and educational establishments in visual stress and how this can be effectively managed in the workplace and the classroom.
She is mum to 3 adult neurodivergent children and has a passion to see the world, educating and helping people in the area of Visual Stress as she goes.
"I can see a child is struggling, but I don’t have the tools or time to work out why — and that’s frustrating."
Identifying and addressing visual stress changed mine, and my children's lives...
...and it can do the same for you!
identify signs of visual stress in your students
Provide practical advice and appropriate adaptations to their learning environment, helping them to thrive
Creating positive impacts that enable your students to reach their potential
Make meaningful and lasting differences in the lives of your students
INTRODUCING: Train to assess:visual stress in education
What's Inside...
Module 1 - The History of Visual Stress
Module 2 - Treatment Methods
Module 3 - Signs and Symptoms
Module 4 - Materials
Module 5 - Overlays
Module 6 - Detailed Assessment Method
Module 7 - Abridged Assessment Method
Module 8 - Assessment
What have past students
said about Train to Assess:Visual Stress in Education?
"I now have a good understanding of how visual stress presents and the history of how the diagnostic methods have developed and I feel confident in delivering the assessment be able to help students."
"I feel that I now have a thorough understanding of visual stress and I am able to begin assessing people with confidence. Thank you for such a great, accessible course."
"I am so pleased to be a certified visual stress assessor with VSC and to be able to help students to achieve their potential."
Here's everything you get with Train to Assess:Visual Stress in Education
Assessment Materials
Overlays
Step by Step videos
Certification
Support
Personalised Feedback
How is Assess to Train:Visual Stress in Education different to other courses?
Assess to Train:Visual Stress in Education
You complete the course with everything you need to get started — from downloadable screening materials to clear guidance on how to hold assessments in real-life educational settings.
Other Courses
You may receive theory-heavy content with no practical tools or resources, leaving you unsure of how to begin assessments in your own school or setting.
Assess to Train:Visual Stress in Education
The course is built by professionals with real classroom experience, and is designed to be accessible, neurodivergent-aware, and achievable — even for busy teachers or SENCOs.
Other Courses
Training can feel overly clinical or academic, with little relevance to everyday classroom challenges or the needs of diverse learners.
Assess to Train:Visual Stress in Education
You’re not just trained and left alone — you gain ongoing access to advice, resources, and training opportunities as part of our supportive network.
Other Courses
Once the course ends, so does the support — leaving you isolated if you need help applying what you’ve learned.
GUARANTEE
We will fully support you through training and beyond!
We are committed to your success. Whilst our self-paced online course is non-refundable, we promise to provide comprehensive support during your training and for years to come.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How long does the training take?
This is a self-paced, online course. You can move through the materials as quickly or as slowly as you like.
We recommend dedicating an hour a day to studying.
How will I receive the overlays?
Overlays will be posted to the address you input when you purchase the course.
Please allow 2 weeks for these to reach you.
Does this course include everything I need to be an assessor?
Yes!
You will receive overlays in the post and the assessment materials will be available for you to download and print as you work through the course.
How do I buy the course for more than 1 staff member?
Email [email protected] and let us know how many courses you want to purchase. We will invoice you and send you a code for your staff to then sign into our training portal independently.
There's also the opportunity for us to come to your educational establishment and deliver an inset-day training for all of your staff!
Drop us an email to find out more and discover the best option for you.
Can 2 people do the course together?
While you're welcome to learn alongside a colleague, it's essential that each person registers and logs in individually.
This ensure everyone receives personalised feedback and their own certificate upon completion.
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Do I have to do this training at school?
The beauty of our training portal is that you can access it at work or at home from the comfort of your sofa!