Monthly Archives: September 2021

Learning Differences from the USA: Catch up on my 2 presentations plus lots more

Posted on September 29, 2021 by olivehickmott

October is LD Awareness Month! Learning Difficulties Associations of New Jersey & LDA Michigan are linking Information about Learning Disabilities, Attention Issues and Related Disorders 2 Day Virtual Conference  Friday, October 15 &/or Saturday, October 16, 2021    Parents/Families, Educators, Professionals, … Continue reading →

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Flipping Dyslexia 101: Neurodivergent Teddy

Posted on September 27, 2021 by olivehickmott

Transcript: Good morning this is a story about neurodivergent teddy. This is part of my series of learning to thrive with dyslexia and adhd I want to tell you a story about a little boy called Freddie who came to … Continue reading →

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Long COVID Recovery: Take back control of your wellbeing

Posted on September 27, 2021 by olivehickmott

As a health and learning coach I am putting out there some opportunities to improve Long-Covid. There are many complimentary tools that people can try out for themselves at little or no cost. People have different symptoms so one technique … Continue reading →

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Flipping Dyslexia 101: Neurodivergent strengths

Posted on September 21, 2021 by olivehickmott

When you explore neurodivergent strengths, you realize 3 things: how valuable these strengths are how they can be real assets in adult life how they can be flipped to assist with topics such as dyslexia or poor literacy/numeracy at any … Continue reading →

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Flipping Dyslexia 101: Is there a Crime?

Posted on September 18, 2021 by olivehickmott

That people who are good at literacy don’t tell those who struggle, that they have mental images of words. This enables them to recognize words they have seen before and spell words, especially in English, that is tricky at best. … Continue reading →

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Flipping Dyslexia 101: Missing skill of picturing words

Posted on September 16, 2021 by olivehickmott

Have your children struggled with literacy over the last year of interrupted education? They may have missed out on the simple skill to picture words; a vital skill for fluent reading and writing. In 23 years of teaching students (adults … Continue reading →

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