3 Ways to find your child’s Super Power
(Also, please let us know what your child’s strength is below.)

Liz Dunoon
/
13. Dec
/
Wellbeing

When your child is struggling to learn, people will often say to you as a parent, find their strengths and it will fix everything, but it doesn’t quite work that way, because first, you have to find them. “Your child’s strengths are a great place to start when you want...
Continue reading...

To Repeat or Not To Repeat? – YOUR FEEDBACK

Liz Dunoon
/
11. Dec
/
General Interest

Thank you to all the people who responded to the 4 questions I asked, about their children changing schools and repeating a year. These responses help me and my team understand your personal experiences surrounding your child repeating a school year or changing schools to access better levels of support....
Continue reading...

I hate homework!

Liz Dunoon
/
10. Dec
/
Teaching Strategies

Did you know it’s highly likely your child spends all day struggling through school, comes home mentally exhausted and is then faced with an hour or more of homework? It’s enough to make them cry. I can tell you without a doubt; tears can morph into massive meltdowns as the...
Continue reading...

To repeat or not to repeat?

Liz Dunoon
/
06. Dec
/
Schools & Teaching

This week we are asking parents all about their experiences and challenges when it comes to having a child who is struggling to learn at school and may need to repeat a school year. This may be because… You as the parent, think it is the right course of action...
Continue reading...

So What’s Good About Having a School Learning Difficulty?

Liz Dunoon
/
05. Dec
/
Wellbeing

Firstly we all need to be aware that having a school learning difficulty can and does provide advantages. That’s right I said ‘advantages’. There are skills that some struggling school learners excel in that many others do not. Maybe you can recognise some of these strengths in your own child...
Continue reading...

You Are Not Alone

Liz Dunoon
/
04. Dec
/
General Interest

Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who took the time to email or comment about your number one concern or worry regarding a child or a student with a school learning difficulty. Those who asked specific questions, I will answer those over the next few weeks as I cover...
Continue reading...

10 Reasons why many of the good teachers are leaving teaching in droves

Liz Dunoon
/
03. Dec
/
Schools & Teaching

This is a controversial subject! There has been quite a bit in the media lately, even current affairs program 60 Minutes did an exposé on this topic recently here in Australia. Let’s get something straight… Not all the good teachers are leaving. There are many amazing teachers still in our...
Continue reading...

Are you looking for a guaranteed way to help your child to catch up at school?

Liz Dunoon
/
27. Nov
/
Educational Program

What is the Speech to Spelling Code™ and The Ten Minute Tutor™? Who created these methods of child-centred learning and why do they work for struggling learners? I did! I’m the smallest child in the photo above. So… let me tell you how it all began. I grew up in...
Continue reading...

7 Steps to get a shutdown learner reading again

Liz Dunoon
/
26. Nov
/
Wellbeing

Is your child a shutdown learner when it comes to reading? This is the child who has tried and tried to learn to read and has simply given up. These children have decided that it’s not for them and they don’t want to try anymore or feel embarrassed as a...
Continue reading...

3 Points to cover when you talk about anxiety with your kids

Liz Dunoon
/
20. Nov
/
Wellbeing

We all know that anxiety is an ever-present symptom in children with learning difficulties, disabilities or differences. Children who are struggling to learn at school are often overwhelmed and paralyzed by anxiety, so how can we explain to our children what anxiety is? The topic is complicated, but you can...
Continue reading...

Previous Page «‹3 456 7 ›»Next Page