by Arran Smith | Jul 5, 2019 | Education
In a recent article I wrote about the challenges of providing differentiated learning within a Key Stage 2 classroom. Not being a teacher myself, this has been a really interesting learning process for me, especially, as my own child didn’t experience effective...
by Arran Smith | Jun 28, 2019 | Education, Mental Wellbeing, Technology For Studying
How does being a student with dyslexia make you feel? If you are a student between the ages of 11 and 21, we want you to tell us how you feel about your academic journey so far and how it impacts on your self-esteem, with our latest survey. I was speaking the other...
by Arran Smith | Jun 28, 2019 | Education
Last year the BBC reported that the number of children who get educated at home has risen as much as 40% over a period of three years. The practice of ‘home schooling’ is becoming popular for many reasons. In many cases, it could be because your child’s school is not...
by Arran Smith | Jun 18, 2019 | Education, Technology For Studying
Every dyslexic student experiences their own unique collection of challenges when it comes to studying. In this article I am going to show you a number of resources that could be useful to you whether you are a student or whether you are someone who is supporting...
by Arran Smith | Jun 17, 2019 | Education, Mental Wellbeing, Technology For Studying
On Saturday June 8th Georgina Smith and I organised the 4th SEN Jigsaw 2019.This article will give you a brief overview on what happened and give you an opportunity to be kept up to date on the latest news about 2020’s conference.Who would have thought that when...
by Arran Smith | Jun 14, 2019 | APPG, Education, Mental Wellbeing
This is article three of four sharing the data gained from a collaboration with the British Dyslexia Association to survey parents about the emotional or ‘Human Cost’ of dyslexia. The aim was to gain an understanding about how a child having dyslexia affected not only...
