Monthly Archives: October 2016

There are 3 things you can do with Dyslexia

  You can give up on your child, notice they have a disability and maybe that it is shared with other family members and expect them to fail – nobody wants to see their child fail. You can keep repeating the same old … Continue reading

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DAA6: Finding your dyslexic strengths

One of the Empowering Learning Practitioners heard a child say “I know that as I am dyslexic, I understand there are lots of things that I won’t be able to do”.  I wonder who gave them this belief and how they would … Continue reading

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DAA5: A quick start to “jumpstart” literacy – now on the TV Friday.

Do you have a child with learning difficulties, are you a teacher with struggling students in your class, or do you have difficulties yourself?  Learn how people in Australia recently learned from Sara Haboubi about using a mental imagery strategy … Continue reading

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DAA4: When Phonics isn’t enough – how to help the struggling 20%

This teleseminar recording will give you details of when phonics is not enough. There are 4 elements to literacy – the sound of the word, the meaning, the picture/image and being in an effective learning state.  Literacy is generally taught … Continue reading

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DAA3: Does maths make you feel sick.

Sometimes numeracy is a much bigger challenge than literacy.  Indeed you may find literacy easy and numeracy very difficult/impossible or may have been diagnosed with Dyscalculia. People who are good at numeracy and mental maths can easily picture numbers in … Continue reading

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DAA2: Metacognition and “undoing” Dyslexia

To understand Dyslexia you need to understand how those with poor literacy are processing words and compare that with how those who find literacy easy. Luckily there is much neuroscience research that answers both of these questions. To spot the difference in everyday … Continue reading

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Dyslexia/ADHD Awareness DAA1

Especially for Dyslexia and ADHD Awareness Month 2016, Empowering Learning is offering you new perspectives, new insights and many learning points, in daily blogs.  You will be offered videos, youtube links and invaluable information, all for free.   Bring with … Continue reading

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