with Claire Durrant, Researcher, University of Sussex When our child(ren) have a SEND diagnosis, they can be made to feel stupid, isolated, rejected by thoughtless peers and often, shockingly, by …
with Alison Vaughan, teacher and SEND parent Last week, The Guardian ran a long feature by Sirin Kale, called “The battle over dyslexia”. An interesting read, especially as I wasn’t …
We have a book review today about dyslexia written by children with dyslexia. The author, Margaret Rooke, whose daughter is dyslexic, interviewed more than 100 children and young people aged …
One in ten of us are affected by dyslexia. While many schools have got much better at spotting a potentially dyslexic student, there are still some in education who, believe …
It’s always a tricky one, especially if your son or daughter has made good progress with literacy during the preceding term: how can you make sure they don’t just forget …
Life for any child with dyslexia can be challenging, especially at school. If they are lucky, they end up in the right school or they have dedicated parents determined to …
We all know that reading to our children is vitally important and helps get them started in reading for themselves. But for children who are struggling readers or who have …
I met a lady on Twitter a while back, Michelle Doyle, who was talking about ‘Visual Stress’. I wasn’t really clear about what this was so Michelle has kindly written …
Last week, while reading my SEN news feeds, I came across an article about dyslexia on the Conservative Home website by education expert, John Bald. John is a former OFTSED …
