by Arran Smith | Dec 8, 2019 | Education, Technology For Studying
Time for some festive fun for Christmas 2019. Tell me how assistive technology has been useful in helping a dyslexic child or young person (that you support) to study and you could win Studying With Dyslexia Blog Christmas prizes including a £25 Amazon voucher donated...
by Arran Smith | Dec 6, 2019 | Education, Mental Wellbeing, Technology For Studying
We all learn in different ways…It is ironic isn’t it. I am someone who learns so much more effectively when I am watching a video rather than reading loads of text. Some people love to read and get so much out of it. Everyone is different. As part of widening my...
by Arran Smith | Nov 30, 2019 | Education, Mental Wellbeing, Technology For Studying
How do we encourage young people who experience low self-esteem as a result of their experiences with dyslexia? Let’s talk about their strengths and how valuable they are. Today the focus is Resilience.Young people with dyslexia commonly experience poor self-esteem...
by Arran Smith | Nov 20, 2019 | Education
With up to 10,000 families in the UK with dyslexic children who have chosen to home educate, it is important that those parents get the information that they need to help their children to discover their potential. Educational consultant, researcher and dyslexia...
by Arran Smith | Nov 8, 2019 | Education, Mental Wellbeing, Technology For Studying
When you give instructions to a child and it seems to go in one ear and then out the other, could that be a child misbehaving or could they simply be experiencing poor working memory? I absolutely love reading information about Working Memory. I love this because I...
by Arran Smith | Oct 25, 2019 | Education
Part 2 of the initiative to influence UK politicians about the ‘Cost of Dyslexia’ with a focus this time on the cost of dyslexia on our education system. Readers of this article will be familiar with the Human Cost of Dyslexia work that was used to influence...
