Author Archives: olivehickmott

About olivehickmott

I am a Forensic Learning coach, showing people how they can improve their own learning and change their health. Working with creative neurodivergent students is a joy, as they learn new skills to overcome many of their learning challenges.

Neurodiversity in the workplace: A Neurodivergent Workplace Coach

Posted on December 5, 2021 by olivehickmott

Neurodivergent people don’t need to be cured, they need accommodation, in some cases a variety of help and in many cases be offered skills they missed in childhood.  Today I had the privilege of delivering a presentation for the International … Continue reading →

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When will this government get the whole picture on literacy?

Posted on October 9, 2021 by olivehickmott

Just read Michael Rosen’s article entitled “Dear Nadhim Zahawi, the Tories vowed to ‘eradicate illiteracy’ years ago. What went wrong.” I have also responded to the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/09/dear-nadhim-zahawi-the-tories-vowed-to-eradicate-illiteracy-years-ago-what-went-wrong I am with Michael Rosen, little progress has been made in the … Continue reading →

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Flipping Dyslexia 101: How could your school benefit from a Neurodivergent School Coach (NSC)?

Posted on October 6, 2021 by olivehickmott

It is every students’ civil rights to be taught in a way that works for them and in many cases plays to their visual neurodivergent strengths. Every primary school could have a Neurodivergent School Coach, who champions appropriate teaching and … Continue reading →

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Flipping Dyslexia 101: The Lost Art of Picturing Words

Posted on October 5, 2021 by olivehickmott

People who are good at literacy picture words in their mind’s eye. So why aren’t we teaching this simple skill in school? Back in the day we communicated via pictures that were drawn on walls. Eventually letter and words were … Continue reading →

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Dyslexics, come and prove me wrong!

Posted on October 4, 2021 by olivehickmott

You can learn to improve your literacy in just 30 mins. Join my zoom call on Wednesday 6th October at 8:00pm. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84275608846?pwd=TXFFd3cxNWVEK095c0JxYll5aWx4QT09 I have been teaching these skills for 22 years, because nobody told me that this was … Continue reading →

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Dyslexia Awareness Week: Free coaching for Dyslexia Attention Adults in Luton and Bedfordshire

Posted on October 2, 2021 by olivehickmott

I guest for the Recovery College in Luton and Bedfordshire, and my next events are to teach people how to visualise words and make spelling, writing and Dyslexia so much easier. I have been teaching people for 22 years and … Continue reading →

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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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