On Thursday 7th July, the inaugural meeting of The SEN Jigsaw Conference will take place in Leek Staffordshire. This week we spotlight another speaker, Libby Hill.
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| The SEN Jigsaw Conference Agenda |
I will share some of the abstracts from the speakers of this currently sold out meeting and give you the link to be able to contact them if you would like to know more and can't make the SEN Jigsaw Conference. All information will be shared on Twitter too using the hash tag - #SENJigsawConf. If you are a Twitter user please do check in with our feed and comment etc.
Today's spotlight is on Georgina Smith.
Georgina Smith is the owner of Leek Dyslexia and literacySupport and has been providing dyslexia assessments and private tuition to
Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire for over a decade.
The practice works on the principles of using synthetic phonics delivered in a multi-sensory way. Georgina believes in providing opportunities for over learning and practicing each sound in various formats.
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| Georgina Smith - Leek Dyslexia & Literacy Support |
Georgina considers every student learns at their own pace
and style. Each student has their own
barriers to learning which need to be unlocked and supported
appropriately. The practice works with
students from primary school age to post-16 with those in education or
employment.
Over years of experience Georgina has identified many of her students have had a number of
overlapping learning difficulties which required support and as a result
endeavoured to learn more about auditory processing disorders, visual
processing, dyspraxia, sensory processing difficulties and speech and language
difficulties. She has built a network of
professionals to whom she is able to refer into to help identify and support
students’ difficulties.
Georgina is now celebrating the first year of the launch of
her dyslexia programme Code Breakers and is excited about the opportunity to
work with SprintPlus text to speech software.
'Understanding Dyslexia and overlapping difficulties.'
At SEN Jigsaw Georgina will aim to inform you about some of
the overlapping difficulties and demonstrate the launch of the collaboration
between Code Breakers and Sprintplus’ very unique programme for dyslexia support.