Monthly Archives: October 2011

Dyslexia awareness week

This is dyslexia awareness week and I have 3 coaching tips to offer anyone who wants to change their experience with literacy and organisation : 1. Learn to visualise words, not just the shape of them, the whole word. Start … Continue reading

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NLP Conference 17th-20th November

I am delighted to be speaking at the NLP Conferrence in London this year directly after Ian McDermott on the opening day 17th November. Do look at the programme there are some really interesting education speakers on 17th and 18th, … Continue reading

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Lets focus on the good things and what we can learn

Recently I sent out a blog about the benefits of being ADD and having Dyslexia. The ADD one was the work of Jennifer Koretsky, author or “Odd One Out”. This is a great book to help people understand their ADD … Continue reading

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Crazy spellings

You may have seen the paragraph from Cambridge University, who gave us another perspective on how we actually process information.  There is another one below that is even more absurd. Don’t ignore this because it looks weird. Believe it or … Continue reading

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Bridges to Success launched on Kindle

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Henry Winkler of ‘Fonzy’ fame, latterly of dyslexia fame

I read his first book and it is about how great the character is at seeing things differently, and how rubbish he is at spelling, school work etc. When I heard him on the radio he said after he reads … Continue reading

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Learning Difficulties if a perfect application for NLP

Are you an NLP Practitioner and would like to really make a difference to those who struggle to learn differently and become assessed as having learning difficulties.  In a single day you can learn all the skills you need to … Continue reading

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Want to improve literacy and reduce Dyslexia amongst 11 year olds?

There is often a great disparity between the literacy standards of youngsters, which is clear as they pass into Secondary education.  We have a FREE survey you can administer to all 11 year olds in a single class and identify … Continue reading

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Practitioners trained in Republic of Ireland

This weekend we trained 29 practitioners in the Republic of Ireland. We had 2 excellent groups of teachers, special educational advisers, youth workers, Educational Psychologists,  family workers, adult literacy teachers etc.  They work in various different communities and were all going to put … Continue reading

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What are the benefits of ADHD and Dyslexia?

Many people are beginning to realise that those with learning difficulties also have great many exceptional talents. When you start to look at the talents it gives you a very difference perspective on the some of the behaviours. My new … Continue reading

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