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The Wall of Awful Literacy

Here is a very simple way to improve literacy for highly creative, imaginative students. I listened to Brandan Mahan (ADHDessentials.com) recently talking about The Wall of Awful – a metaphor to describe how students get stuck and how they can … Continue reading

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Are you in?

To enable creative children and adults to learn in a way that matches their strengths. It is only common sense (that often doesn’t seem very common these days), to teach students in a way that matches their strengths. Creative students … Continue reading

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A different approach to learning difficulties

At Empowering Learning we have a fundamentally different approach to learning difficulties, differences.  We see children as extremely talented, creative, imaginative people who are struggling to learn in the way they are being taught. They are visual learners with exceptional … Continue reading

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Overcoming Dyslexia: Just a start

I want to change the focus of #learningdifficulties away from the individual having a deficit to offering our teachers and parents the best skills to enable our exceptionally talented, creative and imaginative children to learn in a way that works … Continue reading

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When asked to picture a cat, this child had 50 cats, all fighting

Recently, when we asked a little girl if she could picture a cat, she looked terrified as she pictured 50 cats all fighting.  Can you imagine what it is like for this little girl in the classroom when anyone mentions … Continue reading

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