Want something to brighten up rainy days? Try a reading card game! This kind of targeted practice is much more fun and productive than yet more guessy reading and should … Read More
RNIB Bookshare is a brilliant venture which provides free access to an amazing collection of ebooks for those who struggle to read conventional print. That includes ASD, ADD, dyslexia, blind, … Read More
With emergency home-schooling being brought in once again… Do you need an easy 5-point plan that tells everyone exactly what they now need to focus on to support your child/teen? … Read More
If you’ve never come across an ACE spelling dictionary, it is a weird thing. ACE stands for Aurally Coded, so each word is grouped according to sound, so gnome and … Read More
One of the secrets of success of a programme like Toe By Toe is that it teaches kids to split up words. This is something which often gets either neglected … Read More
Dyslexics tend to be great guessers. That’s a good coping strategy but it often means that reading stalls at that of an 11-year-old, unless you do a little bit of … Read More
More than a decade of tutoring adults, kids and teens (with dyslexia, dyspraxia/DCD, dyscalculia, ADHD, ASD, OCD, anxiety, Asperger’s, 2E, school phobia, sensory processing, auditory processing and normal, boring neurotypical … Read More
To me, very little beats an amazing app to make spelling practice a bit more fun, but there are so many terrible ones. This is the sum total of more … Read More
Dyslexics initially struggle to use their upper “sounding out” circuit and so they often just stop using it. But when we are learning to read we need to use it. … Read More
Does your child/teen’s thumb start to creep over when they write? It’s worth having a check. This is a very common adaptation, which teachers tend to ignore. So why worry? … Read More