Sir Ken Robinson’s notorious first TED Discuss, Do Faculties Kill Creativity, has been watched nearly 80 million instances. Since its launch nearly twenty years in the past it has persistently remained the primary TED Discuss of all time. Should you haven’t – what are you ready for?? Hyperlink above :). Take heed to the top to catch the gem about motion and pondering.
I used to be impressed by the late, nice Sir Ken Robinson for many years, and I’m solely sorry that he’s not with us in the present day. His knowledge helped me give attention to the talents of creativity and what occurs to them in class. His focus was typically on creativity or the lack of creativity in our faculties, and his YouTube movies are quick and really clear.
As extra is changing into recognized about creativity, it’s typically related to rising numbers of Dyslexics. This seems to be steadily true, whenever you have a look at the talents of some exceptionally artistic individuals, however this isn’t the entire story and isn’t actually correct. Let me clarify: I’ve been working with neurodiverse college students for 25 years and observed that they’re invariably visible thinkers, particularly once they begin their training journey. These visible abilities are manifest in creativity, curiosity, problem-solving, instinct, innovation and a lot extra. I run a free workshop the place we discover all 40 strengths which can be related to neurodiversity, and most neurodivergent college students have round 30 strengths. However they don’t have to develop dyslexia when they’re inspired to make use of their visible strengths for phrase recognition BEFORE they transfer onto decoding new phrases. This easy shift will encourage extra artistic geniuses and scale back stress within the classroom and at residence.
It’s extraordinary to me that so many consultants have studied Dyslexia from the viewpoint of a deficit, and so little time has been spent exploring the multitude of neurodiverse strengths and the way they are often most positively developed for the world. We appear extra passionate about diagnosing issues than creating abilities. Go to the hyperlink beneath and be part of us to find your hidden abilities and people of your youngsters.
After a long time of teaching college students, Empowering Studying Practitioners know exactly the best way to allow visible thinkers to develop studying, spelling, handwriting, comprehension, and numeracy abilities, scaffolding onto their visible strengths. These are easy abilities that assist college students be taught and develop their visible superpowers for a lot of matters all through their lives.
Throughout August Olive Hickmott, founding father of Empowering Studying, is providing you 1-1 Neurodiverse Teaching periods for youngsters or adults, at 25% low cost. Simply e-book a time right here.
Literacy from the within out: Visualising Phrases – A lacking ability for Literacy. Watch my YouTube video right here for a 5-minute demonstration. https://youtu.be/b8eVJDjRVPg?si=qB9a0RptSV3Njj2_
[i] 25 years of teaching neurodiverse minds at http://www.empoweringlearning.co.uk
So what’s going on inside your thoughts, or your baby’s thoughts? How do you discover their strengths for creativity, curiosity, problem-solving, and a lot extra? Come be part of our fashionable free session and uncover extra of your hidden abilities in “Neurodiverse Strengths“. (hyperlinks and dates beneath). No person must be fastened we simply want the world round us to know extra.
When you have any questions, your subsequent steps will help you be taught extra:
- Give me a free name and learn how to make literacy simpler to your baby/scholar: +44-7970-854388
- Be part of one of many August intensive teaching periods for youngsters and fogeys: E book right here.
- Enroll beneath for the month-to-month e-newsletter that offers you all of the dates of occasions.
- Be part of a free group teaching session in July
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Empowering Studying practitioners additionally coach youngsters and adults, with or with out a prognosis, to learn how to make literacy, maths, and ADHD simpler by constructing on their visible strengths. We educate privately and in faculties. We even have one practitioner who’s operating workshops for grandparents to know their ADHD youngsters.
- For literacy we use an method that allows college students to activate the a part of the visible mind that retains letters and phrases for fluency, so that they don’t have to get caught in decoding for ever. It is a very easy step for artistic visible thinkers. College students will nonetheless use phonics for brand new phrases, however they’ll first have constructed up an enormous vocabulary of phrases visually to allow good literacy. We additionally use their visible reminiscence for comprehension and bettering handwriting.
- For ADHD we use 5 easy steps to regulate psychological pictures, audio chatter and enhance focus.
Listed below are the workshop dates for the subsequent few weeks of 2025. Do enroll and be part of our neighborhood:
Monday 14th July at 8pm UK time Neurodiverse Strengths and Challenges – there are lots of neurodivergent strengths which can be properly value exploring to provide you totally different views on neurodiversity. Click on right here to e-book at no cost
Thursday seventeenth July at 8pm UK time: Straightforward Literacy for bettering Dyslexia: Study the very important ability of visualising phrases for lowered anxiousness, Dyslexia and creating fluent spelling and studying. Click on right here to e-book at no cost
Wed thirtieth July at 8pm UK time: Thriving with ADHD: Many tricks to study bettering ADHD to your baby and also you with out remedy. Click on right here to e-book at no cost
Wednesday twenty third July at 8pm Help your Neurodiverse Baby: A brand new class to assist mother and father and instructing workers to assist neurodiverse youngsters. Discover a few of the key matters that may actually make a distinction rapidly. Click on right here to e-book at no cost
Monday twenty second July at 8pm UK time Serving to change early indicators of Dyslexia in Early 12 months (EYFS). Come and be part of this thrilling new undertaking: this suggestions that may minimise Dyslexia and even keep away from it. Click on right here to e-book at no cost
Monday twenty eighth July at 8pm UK time Maths. Studying the best way to visualise numbers is a superb asset for arithmetic, come and be taught the methods. Chick right here to e-book at no cost.
Not obtainable till September 2025
Recuperate your vitality, together with bettering respiration and sleep – For many who are missing vitality, feeling overwhelmed and would love some abilities to enhance their vitality banks. Click on right here to e-book
Exploring Psychological Footage, for individuals who really feel they aren’t as artistic as they was. Come and discover your individual psychological pictures with us. Click on right here to e-book at no cost
We run common webinars to cowl these important abilities.
To discover extra of the guidelines and methods we’ve got for neurodivergent youngsters and adults, do click on right here. There’s even a free introductory video there. You’ll profit from all of the expertise we’ve got gained during the last 25 years working with neurodiverse college students.
My identify is Olive Hickmott, I’m a well being and studying coach, specializing in working with neurodivergent college students. I might be happy to assist you in any method I can.
You’re welcome to contact me olive@empoweringlearning.co.uk
Right here you will discover my studying platform for a few of my coaching programmes and free stay webinars www.visualkids.co.uk
You will see that different helpful info and Practitioner Coaching at http://www.empoweringlearning.co.uk
Right here is my YouTube channel for extra free sources: https://www.youtube.com/c/OliveHickmott
My newest books are:
The Elephants within the Classroom: utilizing each scholar’s pure energy of Psychological Imagery to boost studying: Neurodiversity by the lens of psychological Imagery.
Bridges to Success – Tips on how to remodel Studying Difficulties
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