Tag: dyslexia
Make reading a habit for children with SEN
Hannah Rix provides valuable advice and guidance.
SEN is an emotive subject for teachers and parents. The ways in which children with SEN learn and engage...
Parenting a Dyslexic Child
Gillian Ashley is the Chief Development Officer at the British Dyslexia Association and is a qualified teacher and dyslexia specialist, with many years of...
New research reveals parents are closer to their child’s learning than...
· 61% of parents have learnt something new about the way their child learns
· 60% feel they previously had misconceptions about their child’s learning style
· Biggest concerns...
Words
A poem by Simone McClean about dyslexia.
Words pour out of me, like the breath I breathe, keeping me alive, they sustain me. Like a sudden invasion,...
Dyslexia and prejudice
We’re systematically stigmatizing dyslexia, writes Roger Broadbent
Stigma and prejudice
Not effectively evaluating the prevalence of dyslexia has left our education system in a perpetual state...
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Foreign language learning for SEN children : Why it's so importantMalala Yousafzai champions...
The ups and downs of dyslexia
Arran Smith reflects, from personal experience, on the frustrations and positives experienced by those with dyslexia.
According to the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) there is an...
Time to stop playing the name game?
Dr Jamie Galpin considers the issues around diagnosis, labels and being ‘normal’.
Debates around the validity of diagnoses are not new, and few diagnoses have been...
Dyslexia and Success: The Winning Formulas
The author of this book is on a mission to get a copy into every state secondary school, sixth form college and young offenders’...
Extra spacing can boost children’s reading speed
A new study finds significant benefits for both dyslexic and non-dyslexic children, by Anglia Ruskin University.
A new study has found that a child’s reading...
Book Reviews
Neurodiversity and Education
The authors of this publication combine extensive experience in the fields of education, neurodiversity, teacher training, tutoring and consultancy. Paul Ellis broadcasts regularly on...
