It’s a pleasure to contribute in any approach we will to Jamie Oliver’s initiative to assist kids keep away from the traumas of poor literacy and Dyslexia. I did for 50 years earlier than discovering out an important talent I used to be lacking, and realized in 10 minutes. See Jamie’s Instagram submit.
For 25 years, now we have been serving to college students use their visible stills to enhance their literacy, numeracy, comprehension, and a lot extra. Now we have helped 1000’s of youngsters and adults, and within the course of, now we have realized a factor or two.
Now we have been significantly grateful for giants within the subject, equivalent to Sally Shaywitz and Temple Grandin, who shared their analysis and defined neuroscience. From this analysis, plus many different contributions, now we have realized precisely the right way to allow college students to be taught rapidly visually, matching their strengths, and lowering the frustration and stress of poor literacy whereas sustaining all of the distinctive visible expertise.
The youthful you possibly can introduce visible literacy, the higher. This fashion, kids initially construct up their very own dictionary of noun phrases, rapidly adopted by non-nouns and the power to decode new phrases.This matches the mind scans that reveals how the Visible Phrase Type Space is activated for fluent studying.
Here’s a copy of our latest submission to the federal government in response to the “Options for SEN disaster.” It contains priceless options and in addition a replica of chapter 2 of my new guide targeted on Dyslexia, which will likely be known as “Between the Strains.” Listed below are the title:
- Assist for kids and younger individuals with SEND
- Our trainer coaching should give lecturers the abilities to show visible thinkers and perceive how visible learners be taught.
- The present and future mannequin of SEND provision
- 100% of these I meet identified Dyslexic, and there have been 1000s over the past 25 years, are usually not utilizing their Visible Phrase Type Space (VWFA)
- 100% of these I meet identified with ADHD haven’t realized the right way to management their psychological imagery or inner chatter.
- The Nationwide Curriculum wants to incorporate subjects equivalent to how we be taught and the way we will enhance our studying with profitable “habits of thoughts” and wellbeing
- The place an evaluation is deceptive or pointless
- In Abstract
Attachment: Instance of easy modifications that may enhance SEND.
Chapter 2: Draft extract from my new guide
If you wish to be taught extra about the entire story of visible thinkers and learners, please sign-up to our common publication right here: the place we provide free courses:
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Empowering Studying practitioners coach kids and adults, with or and not using a prognosis to learn the way to make literacy, maths and ADHD simpler, constructing on their visible strengths. We train privately and in faculties. We even have one practitioner who’s working workshops for grandparents to know their ADHD kids.
- 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 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 may first have constructed up an unlimited 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 manage psychological photos, audio chatter and improve focus.
Listed below are the brand new workshop dates for 2025. do join and be a part of our group:
Monday sixth January or Tuesday eleventh February 8pm UK time Neurodiverse Strengths and Challenges – there are a lot of neurodivergent strengths which can be effectively value exploring to present you completely different views on neurodiversity. Click on right here to guide free of charge
Tuesday seventh January or Monday tenth February 8pm UK time Exploring Psychological Footage, for many who really feel they don’t seem to be as artistic as they was once. Come and discover your individual psychological photos with us. Click on right here to guide free of charge
Tuesday 14th January or Monday seventeenth February at 8pm UK time: Straightforward Literacy and maths: Study the important talent of visualising phrases for diminished anxiousness and creating fluent spelling and studying. Click on right here to guide free of charge
Wednesday fifteenth January or Tuesday 18th February at 8pm UK time: Thriving with ADHD: Many tricks to study bettering ADHD on your baby and also you with out treatment. Click on right here to guide free of charge
Tuesday twenty eighth January or Monday twenty fourth February at 8pm UK time: Get well your vitality – For many who are missing vitality and would really like some expertise to enhance their vitality banks. Click on right here to guide
Wednesday twenty ninth January or Tuesday twenty fifth February at 8pm UK time Sleep-breathe-ground – The significance of understanding these expertise to maneuver to bettering many facets of neurodiversity. Click on right here to guide
We run common webinars to cowl these important expertise.
To discover extra of the information and tips now we have for neurodivergent kids 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 neurodivergent 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 help you in any approach I can.
You might be welcome to contact me olive@empoweringlearning.co.uk
Right here you will see 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 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 reinforce studying: Neurodiversity by the lens of psychological Imagery.
Bridges to Success – How you can remodel Studying Difficulties
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