I hope you discovered yesterday’s put up gave you a brand new perspective on Dyslexia and literacy challenges. We have now two mode right now.
1. We’re born Dyslexic. Sure and No. That is an fascinating one for the curious. There isn’t a method we are able to test whether or not that is proper or flawed however listed below are some fascinating information:
- We’re born visible thinkers, and analysis has proven that by the point we’re 4 years previous, we’re artistic geniuses, constructing on our visible pondering and studying abilities.
- Being born visible thinkers signifies that to scaffold literacy onto our strengths, we should always begin by picturing phrases like objects. As soon as safe, we should always transfer onto phonics for unseen phrases. This simply is smart.
- Now, many visible thinkers get identified as Dyslexic as a result of they discover whole-word recognition simpler than phonics. However at school, we solely educate phonics, ignoring the strengths of our visible thinkers. The problem is that we’re born with out phonic information, which might give everybody the standards for a dyslexic analysis, however we’ve got wonderful visible abilities that may simply be used for spelling and studying, as they progress via early years.
2. Dyslexia is a lifetime situation. Completely no. I and a whole bunch of Empowering Studying practitioners and others utilizing related methods have seen these identified Dyslexic study to spell, learn and grasp comprehension. You solely must know the right visible technique as quickly as potential. I didn’t discover out the right visible technique for my mind till I used to be 50 years previous. I went from falling asleep each time I learn greater than a few pages to with the ability to learn a ebook with 350 pages in a weekend. As well as, since making this discovery, I’ve written and revealed 7 books and taught hundreds of kids and adults. Please don’t let your kids battle with a problem that’s not their fault; it’s simply how the nationwide curriculum is constructed to disregard and never recognize the abilities of visible thinkers. As well as, all the plain abilities to visible thinkers is not going to be misplaced after they spell and skim visually; they’re improved.
3. I forgot to say yesterday beneath the title that Dyslexia is Generic; I’ve labored with pairs of similar twins, one identified, one not. One was merely visualising phrases, and one wasn’t. A few periods later, no drawback. p.s. I’m at all times joyful to fulfill extra pairs of twins to test this out additional.
Tomorrow, I’ll put up one other version of myths and beliefs that maintain us again from making basic adjustments at school, or grownup life, which may save large stress for college students/dad and mom/lecturers and hundreds of thousands of £ and {dollars} in diagnoses. Consider how a lot simpler it might be at school if everybody may learn and spell simply. Please inform your pals. Tomorrow we are going to discover why there’s a fantasy about what number of phrases you recognise and why beginning with concrete nouns is significant, and has been omitted from the curriculum.
We have now a easy answer the federal government is trying to find: There may be normally a phonics screening check in 12 months 1, so we’ve got produced a “pleasant visible check-in” for each little one within the Reception Yr. That is positively not a check however only a dialog about utilizing psychological pictures for photos, comprehension and phrases. We have now expertise of doing this, and if they’re combating any facet, we are able to merely educate them the right way to make it simpler. It’s greater than doubtless the coed has simply by no means thought to make use of this talent. Within the reception 12 months, 4-5-year-olds have heads full of images, so they are going to simply affirm that and realise how they’ll study successfully and handle their photos.
If you wish to study extra about what our work can give you and your little one, do be part of our free query and reply session on Saturday on Tuesday, fifth April at 9am UK time. The agenda is yours.
Scaffolding Straightforward Literacy provides each mother or father and trainer easy abilities to alter what is going on with a phonics-only technique for each little one. In 60 minutes, you’ll uncover why your distinctive visible pupil struggles with a phonics-only strategy and assist them to merge orthographic (photos) of phrases with phonics, to hurry up all points of literacy.
If in case you have any questions, your subsequent steps are as follows:
- Give me a free name and learn the way to make literacy simpler on your little one/pupil: +44-7970-854388
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Empowering Studying practitioners coach kids and adults, with or and not using a analysis to learn the way to make literacy, maths and ADHD simpler, constructing on their visible strengths. We educate privately and in faculties. We even have one practitioner who’s operating workshops for grandparents to grasp their ADHD kids.
- For literacy we use an strategy that permits college students to activate the a part of the visible mind that retains letters and phrases for fluency, so that they don’t must 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 are going to first have constructed up an unlimited vocabulary of phrases visually to allow good literacy. We additionally use their visible reminiscence for comprehension and enhancing 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 following 2 months of 2025. Do join and be part of our neighborhood:
Monday seventh April 8pm UK time Neurodiverse Strengths and Challenges – there are a lot of neurodivergent strengths which are nicely price exploring to provide you completely different views on neurodiversity. Click on right here to ebook without cost
Tuesday eighth April at 8pm UK time Exploring Psychological Footage, for many who really feel they don’t seem to be as artistic as they was. Come and discover your individual psychological pictures with us. Click on right here to ebook without cost
14th April at 8pm UK time: Straightforward Literacy, enhancing Dyslexia and Maths: Study the very important talent of visualising phrases for lowered anxiousness, Dyslexia and creating fluent spelling and studying. Click on right here to ebook without cost
April fifteenth at 8pm UK time: Thriving with ADHD: Many tricks to find out about enhancing ADHD on your little one and also you with out medicine. Click on right here to ebook without cost
Monday twenty first April at 8pm UK time: Recuperate your vitality, together with enhancing respiratory and sleep – For individuals who are missing vitality, feeling overwhelmed and would love some abilities to enhance their vitality banks. Click on right here to ebook
Tuesday twenty second April at 8pm A brand new class to assist dad and mom and educating employees to help neurodiverse kids. Discover among the key matters that may actually make a distinction shortly. Click on right here to ebook
We run common webinars to cowl these important abilities.
To discover extra of the guidelines and methods we’ve got for neurodivergent kids and adults, do click on right here. There may be 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 neurodivergent college students.
My title is Olive Hickmott, I’m a well being and studying coach, specializing in working with neurodivergent college students. I might be happy to help you in any method I can.
You might be welcome to contact me olive@empoweringlearning.co.uk
Right here you can see my studying platform for a few of my coaching programmes and free dwell webinars www.visualkids.co.uk
You will see 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 pupil’s pure energy of Psychological Imagery to reinforce studying: Neurodiversity via the lens of psychological Imagery.
Bridges to Success – How one can rework Studying Difficulties
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