Sunday, June 1, 2025

Visible Considering 101_133: Inside our minds – Dyslexia


I’ve simply loved Chris Packham’s newest version of “Inside our Minds” on the BBC. A superb instance of how completely different Dyslexic minds are – filled with strengths and challenges. For anybody who’s Dyslexic or has a baby who’s Dyslexic please bear in mind the final sentence from one of many contributors “I want you to just accept me for who I’m”.

You merely want to note the distinctive abilities they’ve, typically in Visible Considering. Chris describes the distinctive abilities he has in visible recall for any animal. Lee is a builder in Wales with an awesome problem-solving mind and, as well as, an outstanding voice. The pleasant Suki creates a lovely description of how various ideas run by her thoughts.

So what’s going on inside your thoughts, or your little one’s thoughts? How do you discover their strengths for creativity, curiosity, problem-solving, and a lot extra? Come be part of our in style free session and uncover extra of your hidden abilities in “Neurodiverse Strengths“. (hyperlinks and dates under). No person must be fastened we simply want the world round us to know extra.

If in case you have any questions, your subsequent steps may also help you be taught extra:

  • Give me a free name and learn how to make literacy simpler on your little one/pupil: +44-7970-854388
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Empowering Studying practitioners additionally coach youngsters and adults, with or with no analysis, 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 permits 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 improve focus.

Listed below are the workshop dates for the following few weeks of 2025. Do join and be part of our neighborhood:

Tues June third or Thursday seventeenth July at 8pm UK time: Straightforward Literacy for bettering Dyslexia: Be taught the important ability of visualising phrases for diminished anxiousness, Dyslexia and growing fluent spelling and studying. Click on right here to guide free of charge

Tues 1st July or Wed thirtieth July at 8pm UK time: Thriving with ADHD: Many tricks to study bettering ADHD on your little one and also you with out medicine.  Click on right here to guide free of charge

Tuesday tenth June or Wednesday twenty third July at 8pm A brand new class to assist dad and mom and educating employees to assist neurodiverse youngsters. Discover a number of the key subjects that may actually make a distinction rapidly. Click on right here to guide free of charge

Monday 2nd June or 14th July at 8pm UK time Neurodiverse Strengths and Challenges – there are numerous neurodivergent strengths which can be effectively price exploring to present you completely different views on neurodiversity. Click on right here to guide free of charge

ninth June or 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 mission: this suggestions that may minimise Dyslexia and even keep away from it. Click on right here to guide free of charge

Monday June thirtieth or twenty eighth July at 8pm UK time Maths. Studying easy methods to visualise numbers is a good asset for arithmetic, come and be taught the methods. Chick right here to guide free of charge.

Not accessible till September 2025 

Recuperate your power, together with bettering respiration and sleep – For individuals who are missing power, feeling overwhelmed and would really like some abilities to enhance their power banks. Click on right here to guide

Exploring Psychological Photos, for many who really feel they aren’t as artistic as they was once. Come and discover your personal psychological pictures with us. Click on right here to guide free of charge

We run common webinars to cowl these important abilities.

To discover extra of the ideas and methods we’ve 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 gained over the past 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’d be happy to assist you in any approach I can.
You’re welcome to contact me olive@empoweringlearning.co.uk
Right here you’ll find my studying platform for a few of my coaching programmes and free reside webinars  www.visualkids.co.uk
You’ll discover different helpful info and Practitioner Coaching at http://www.empoweringlearning.co.uk
Right here is my YouTube channel for extra free assets: 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 boost studying: Neurodiversity by the lens of psychological Imagery.
Bridges to Success – Easy methods to rework Studying Difficulties

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I’m a Forensic Studying coach, exhibiting individuals how they’ll enhance their very own studying and alter their well being. Working with artistic neurodivergent college students is a pleasure, as they be taught new abilities to beat a lot of their studying challenges.

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