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Tag Archives: Dyslexic
Fast literacy progress for creative students
Are you a parent of a bright creative child who is struggling with literacy? During lockdown you may have realized just how much of a challenge your child is having and the negative effects on his/her emotional health. Creative students … Continue reading
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Tagged catchup, covid-19, Dyslexic, empoweringlearning, literacy, lockdown, olivehicknott
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ADHD / Dyslexia Awareness month starts today – here are 3 secrets
To start our month of great Dyslexia and ADHD success stories, I want to give you the 3 secrets we have discovered to significantly address poor literacy, inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, drowsiness, irritability and low self-esteem. These will be demonstrated with … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, ANS, anxiety, breathing, dyslexia, Dyslexic, mentalimagery, trauma
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A reformed Dyslexic – growing up in the dark
Reprinted from Chapter 2: The Elephants in the Classroom – uncovering every student’s natural power of mental imagery to enhance learning My real passion is to alleviate and prevent much of the confusion that threatens to overwhelm students. Teachers and … Continue reading
3 true stories that turned around struggling literacy
Here is a short video about how mental imagery can change poor literacy for anyone. The first 2 were in special needs school. The last student on the gifted and talented register and below is his story in his own … Continue reading
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Tagged doubledore, Dyslexic, gifted, literacy, specialneeds, visualise, visualisewords
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Is your Neurodivergent Child at Home?
Is your neurodivergent child at home and you are wondering what to do with them? Dyslexic? Dyspraxic? ADHD? ASD? Could you use the time at home to help them develop some invaluable skills, that they are not taught in school? … Continue reading
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Tagged #mentalimagery, ADHD, ASD, breathing, Dyslexic, Dyspraxic, grounding, neurodivergent, strengths
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The strengths of Dyslexia
People often ask about the strengths of Dyslexia; here is my summary of exceptional characteristics that I consistently see in myself, my clients, friends and colleagues with Dyslexia. You will notice them in children and manifesting in particular jobs for … Continue reading
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Tagged #theelephantsintheclassroom, dyslexia, Dyslexic, perspectius, strengths, visualskills
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One simple question to transform literacy challenges
Fluent reading and accurate spelling is dependent on people being able create a mental image of a word in their mind’s eye. Not the shape of it, the actual word. Ask anyone who is skilled, to spell a difficult word … Continue reading
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Tagged @jamieoliver, Dyslexic, Empowering Learning, English, mental images, phonics
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Our kids are here to teach us
Could we shortcut what our kids are trying to teach us “Our kids are here to teach us” is a well known phrase, but what are they here to teach us. I once thought it was things like new technologies, … Continue reading
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Tagged Autistic, Can do, child, Dyslexic, grounded, John Friedlander, kids here to teach us, self concept, self-esteme
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Learning how to do comprehension makes all the difference
I met a delightful client, KT, aged 17, who had been diagnosed as dyslexic at around 12 years old. At 17 she was told she had the comprehension age of an 8 year old. KT said that she had poor … Continue reading
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Tagged comprehension, DAT, Dyslexic, spelling, Toe by toe, visual
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Virgin Atlantic celebrates people who think differently
Virgin Atlantic celebrates ‘gifted’ employees in glamorous new advert. The theme is “born to challenge the status quo”, with very special gifts and extraordinary talents. This is so appropriate for those talented children and adults I work with who think … Continue reading
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Tagged advert, Dyslexic, Empowering Learning, exceptional skills, literacy, numeracy, Virgin Atlantic
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