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Visual Thinking 101_86: Are Phonics Harder to Learn for Dyslexics?

This was a question raised recently.  Of course they are, but not for the reason you think.  The British Dyslexia Association’s definition of Dyslexia is “Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_85: Do you get light bulb moments?

In the middle of a conversation, do you get a great idea and find yourself having to share it right there and then before you forget it? This is a typical challenge for visual thinkers, especially neurodivergent people. So, if … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_84: Have you heard of Aphantasia?

This week I start a new series of free coaching calls for parents and teachers of visual thinkers. Children and adults have a whole range of visual thinking skills which have a significant effect on their ability to learn, especially … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_83: What is visual thinking? ..Thinking in pictures, mental imagery, pictures in the mind?

Any of these, Visual thinking is one of the ways people prefer to think. They may recall pictures of things they have seen or seen pictures of, for example elephants, a dog, favorite film, their children, a house they lived … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_82: Free Coaching for Visual thinkers

Visual thinkers benefit from learning visually, so come and join one of our FREE coaching sessions, for visual thinkers, their teachers and parents. In our experience of visual thinkers for over 25 years, there are some simple things students (adults … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_80: Is this my ADHD?

Does your head ever feel like this? Completely overwhelmed and maybe even full of fog. Where has your clear thinking gone? In today’s Guardian, Sian Boyle reports that life can be challenging when you have ADHD and autism. Read her … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_79: Imagine if ..

Imagine if a whole education system said, “You do belong,” “We have your back”. Suppose we moved away from an obsession to label people as somehow broken and instead focused on teaching every child through scaffolding onto their exceptional diverse … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_78: Has your creativity gone?

A common theme at the Neurodiversity Celebration, last week, the extraordinary amount of creativity shared with neurodivergent people. These are the children who came into the world with all these creative skills and refuse to conform to the auditory sequential … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_76: Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

What an exceptional conference, thank you: 25 events, more than 80 presenters on a whole variety of topics. The topic I have just listened to, on neurodiversity around the world had 8000 people registered. And it was all free, sponsored … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking 101_74: Do you know what it is like…

To grow up as a visual thinker, and 98% of 4-year-olds are, and not to have learned how to use your mental images for literacy and numeracy and not being overwhelmed by too many pictures. I do, and the experience … Continue reading

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