Soki (Sophie) London is lifestyle blogger based in the UK. With degrees from Warwick and Durham Universities. She currently works as a Management Consultant and a part-time model. She writes about fashion, restaurants and perfume. But Soki is also dyslexic. Here she talks about how ‘dyslexia’ has impacted her life. Diagnosed at the age of 11, Soki...
Continue reading...
Hi Liz, I came across you on my newsfeed on Facebook and just wanted to share my personal story… in the hope that it may help someone going through a rough time. I am currently 34 years of age and was diagnosed with severe dyslexia when I was in Year...
Continue reading...
The C-Pen Reader Pen is a portable handheld assistive technology that helps users with dyslexia or other literacy difficulties, essentially when reading printed text. The C-Pen is for people with dyslexia or for those who struggle with certain genres of text or who are just poor readers. It will assist those learning to read, people with ESL...
Continue reading...
Everyone fidgets – hair twirling, pencil rolling or pen clicking – we all do something to stay focused, but fidgeting can drive teachers and parents mad and can also have negative effects on our children, if fidgeting becomes self destructive. Meet Squidget. A completely silent fidget tool. It can sit snuggly in...
Continue reading...
Grammarly helps students and writers expand their vocabulary and also assists in improving their writing. There are benefits for non-native English writers and ESL students (English as a Second Language) as well. Tertiary students and professional writers use Grammarly to advantage as it assists in spelling and proper use of...
Continue reading...
Last week I did an Orton-Gillingham Foundation course with the amazing Canadian, Corey Zylstra as our facilitator. Here is 7 things I learnt about Orton-Gillingham under her amazing tutorage. Orthography is the written system of spelling patterns and correspondences between speech and print. Note: Not be confused with Ornithology which...
Continue reading...
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) is a series of tests for 6 to 17 year olds that evaluates intellectual abilities. The WISC-III consists of two scales, the Verbal Scale and the Performance Scale. Each of these scales has several subtests. The Wechsler tests form one part of an...
Continue reading...
TIP 1 – All children who struggle at school need a champion. A special standout person, who believes in them, understands them, sees their intelligence and will advocate on their behalf. It is not unusual for a successful adult with learning difficulties to identify a champion from their past and...
Continue reading...
The Orton-Gillingham approach, first introduced in the 1920’s, is still widely in use today across Canada, USA and world-wide as not only an approach for remediating language-based learning difficulties, but as evidence-based reading and spelling instruction for all students in mainstream education. “Many years ago, as Samuel Orton...
Continue reading...
Jennifer Aniston doesn’t read much, the result of having dyslexia that affected her school education and her self-esteem. Her dyslexia wasn’t diagnosed until she was in her early 20s. The revelation that she had dyslexia was life-changing she said. “I thought I wasn’t smart. I just couldn’t retain anything,” she...
Continue reading...
FREE WEBINAR
A BRAND NEW WAY to help your child
CATCH UP at school with their
READING & SPELLING
Using colour, symbols, action and fun in 10 short minutes a day?
Presented by Liz Dunoon
