Constructing on utilizing visible expertise for literacy and numeracy, Empowering Studying has additionally added visible expertise to speed up comprehension and primary numeracy. This creates a paradigm for visible studying that has been uncared for for all and is very acceptable for visible thinkers. These college students with exceptionally artistic, problem-solving expertise must be supported in studying in a means that matches their visible strengths. And all younger youngsters begin off life as visible thinkers. This new visible paradigm contains very important matters for:
- Exploring the scholar’s strengths and scaffolding onto their present expertise
- Creating an efficient studying state to regulate their nervous system and make pals with their psychological pictures when harassed and/or in sensory overload. We begin with calm nasal respiratory and grounding.
- Avoiding lots of the challenges brought on by youngsters not having these wants met.
Utilizing phonics as soon as psychological imagery is established accelerates spelling, studying, comprehension and handwriting for each youngster. Youngsters don’t truly ‘get’ phonics till they’ll image phrases.
Shifting again into the early years
Lately, now we have moved the paradigm again into the early years to make the transition into college as seamless as attainable. We goal to see all neurodiverse youngsters with the visible expertise to additional develop their studying within the Reception 12 months (4-5 years) and discover decoding and mapping new phrases with out challenges. That is achieved by merely adjusting the order of creating literacy expertise – psychological pictures first, adopted by phonics for phrases you may already visualise. Delaying the introduction of phonics for phrases you aren’t visualising, will truly speed up literacy and cut back stress. The entire visible studying surroundings is appropriate for all younger youngsters. These are the talents they’re born with and when inspired to make use of these pure expertise they are going to speed up sooner and be happier.
[i] 25 years of teaching neurodiverse minds at http://www.empoweringlearning.co.uk
So what’s going on inside your thoughts, or your youngster’s thoughts? How do you discover their strengths for creativity, curiosity, problem-solving, and a lot extra? Come be a part of our common free session and uncover extra of your hidden skills in “Neurodiverse Strengths“. (hyperlinks and dates under). No person must be mounted we simply want the world round us to grasp extra.
If in case you have any questions, your subsequent steps can assist you be taught extra:
- Give me a free name and learn the way to make literacy simpler to your youngster/scholar: +44-7970-854388
- Be a part of considered one of our free group teaching calls under
- Signal as much as the month-to-month publication that will provide you with all of the dates of occasions.
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Empowering Studying practitioners additionally coach youngsters and adults, with or with no analysis, to learn the way to make literacy, maths, and ADHD simpler by constructing on their visible strengths. We train privately and in faculties. We even have one practitioner who’s operating workshops for grandparents to grasp their ADHD youngsters.
- For literacy we use an strategy that allows college students to activate the a part of the visible mind that retains letters and phrases for fluency, in order 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 enormous 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 improve focus.
Listed below are the workshop dates for the subsequent few weeks of 2025. Do enroll and be a part of our neighborhood:
Thursday seventeenth July at 8pm UK time: Simple Literacy for enhancing Dyslexia: Study the very important talent of visualising phrases for lowered anxiousness, Dyslexia and creating fluent spelling and studying. Click on right here to ebook at no cost
Tues 1st July or Wed thirtieth July at 8pm UK time: Thriving with ADHD: Many tricks to study enhancing ADHD to your youngster and also you with out medicine. Click on right here to ebook at no cost
Tuesday tenth June or Wednesday twenty third July at 8pm Help your Neurodiverse Little one: A brand new class to assist mother and father and educating workers to assist neurodiverse youngsters. Discover a number of the key matters that may actually make a distinction shortly. Click on right here to ebook at no cost
Monday 14th July at 8pm UK time Neurodiverse Strengths and Challenges – there are lots of neurodivergent strengths which might be effectively value exploring to offer you completely different views on neurodiversity. Click on right here to ebook 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 a part of this thrilling new undertaking: this suggestions that may minimise Dyslexia and even keep away from it. Click on right here to ebook at no cost
Monday June thirtieth or twenty eighth July at 8pm UK time Maths. Studying methods to visualise numbers is a superb asset for arithmetic, come and be taught the tips. Chick right here to ebook at no cost.
Not obtainable till September 2025
Recuperate your power, together with enhancing respiratory and sleep – For many who are missing power, feeling overwhelmed and would really like some expertise to enhance their power banks. Click on right here to ebook
Exploring Psychological Photos, for many who really feel they aren’t as artistic as they was once. Come and discover your individual psychological pictures with us. Click on right here to ebook at no cost
We run common webinars to cowl these important expertise.
To discover extra of the information and tips now we have 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 now we have gained over the past 25 years working with neurodiverse college students.
My title 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 means I can.
You’re welcome to contact me olive@empoweringlearning.co.uk
Right here you will see that my studying platform for a few of my coaching programmes and free stay webinars www.visualkids.co.uk
You will see different helpful data 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 scholar’s pure energy of Psychological Imagery to boost studying: Neurodiversity via the lens of psychological Imagery.
Bridges to Success – rework Studying Difficulties
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