Dyslexia Explored

Award-winning Dentist who takes a dyslexia assessment but agrees to compare his feelings before and after the test in this podcast recorded in two parts. We explore: Bad advice from a career adviser: “...I don't think you're going to be bright enough to become a dentist.” Finding a natural ability: “...you just grow up with this natural ability.” Dyslexic pioneers in dentistry: “I've discovered is...

We go deep in this podcast about how parents new to dyslexia have to deal with the overwhelm of information. Then the shock of how under informed teachers are in educating dyslexics. The need to find outside help and community to find a way through the challenges to the solutions. With Caron Trout, a mother of a 14 year old, who discovered he was dyslexic and became one of the founding members of...

 His dyslexia assessor advised his parents that he couldn’t manage the state school due to his dyslexia but his parents found ways for him to adapt and learn in the state system. 14 yrs later William Stone has a first class honours from the University of Edinburgh and a distinction in his Masters degree from Oxford. In the last episode, we heard William's story from his identification at 10 t...

 When Williams dyslexia assessor advised his parents that he probably couldn’t manage state school due to his dyslexia his parents decided to do everything they could to keep him in mainstream. Hear the story of William Stone who got first class honours at the University of Edinburgh and recently got a Distinction for his Masters degree in Oxford University for Art History. He wants dyslexics...

What do you do when you discover your autistic child's gibberish means "Please be happy. I'm so sorry."? When a therapist records your 5-yr old child's gibberish and slows it down so much you can actually hear the words. What do you do when you realize your child is locked in their mind trying to communicate but can't? In this episode, we are going to take a little depart...

 And this episode Chrissie Grant shares how she began as a support worker and then branched out into becoming a private education mentor. We cover things like: Acting The state system How schools wait for teenagers to fail The transition from junior school to high school How there’s a gap between academic tutoring and therapeutic tutoring How she’s encountered so many students who think they can’t...

#33. Physical therapist finds how dyslexia helps + hinders: Through her son. Christine Robenalt Links you might like to check out  Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-robenalt-8386b42a   Telehealth:  https://www.telehealth.com/   Barton Reading:  https://bartonreading.com/ Orton Gillingham:  https://www.orton-gillingham.com/ Speechify:  https://www.getspeechify.com/ Jeffco Kid Faceboo...

If your Scottish and involved in Dyslexia, this is one to listen to! Also, if your involved in a dyslexia group, there is a lot to learn from how Dyslexia Scotland has grown over the last 50 yrs. In this episode we explore the story of Dyslexia Scotland and all the things it can teach us about dyslexia itself and also other groups who help with dyslexia. It all began in 1968 with parent support gr...

This episode does a quick overview of chapter 5 of us dyslexic advantage and it also has my top five quotes from it with some thoughts and reflections on it. 3-D thinking or material reasoning are really useful skills in the real world and often aren’t tested in school. This short chapter summarizes what that is, what jobs they are really useful for and some of the practical impacts of it.  Links...

Links you might like to check out:  Dyslexia Support Victoria Forum Website: http://dyslexiavictoriasupport.com  Dyslexia Support Victoria Forum FB Group: www.facebook.com/groups/dyslexiavictoriasupport/?ref=group_header  Say YES to Decodable Books in Victoria FB page: www.facebook.com/dyslexiavictoriasupport/  Dyslexia Support Australia Website: https://dyslexiaassociation.org.au/  Dyslexia Suppo...

The SundayMap is a reliable way to defuse it. Parents are loving it and so are the children. The child gets to mind dump and parents actually see what’s swirling around in there. No more interrogating them to find out what’s happening at school! No more Sunday night arguments and stress bomb explosions. Its a form of mind mapping we have developed. It works like this: 1. Mind dump into a bullet po...

How a #SundayMap. How it transformed Denise Goulding's insights into her daughters week.  Links you might like to check out: Squeeble: https://keystagefun.co.uk/   Get ivvi notes now: ⁠⁠⁠https://ivvi.dev/⁠⁠⁠   Dyslexia productivity coaching?: ⁠⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠⁠   Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠⁠ Bulletmap Academy: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://b...

Parents, this is the kind of chat I gave my daughter when she faced exams with dyslexia. It's also what my students hear from me. Its tough love, but they are thankful. This little episode is packed with a punch. Three punches to be precise. 1. What is your why? 2. What grade will you choose? 3. What price are you willing to pay? With dyslexia these often become joint decisions because if you...

#26 "Teen Tip 1" Dyslexia is like a Ferrari not a People Carrier. These episodes are directed towards children and teenagers to help them learn how to harness their dyslexia. We will pepper the podcast with regular "Teen Tips" designed to be listened to in the car on the way to school as a discussion starter. They are less than 10 min long so you can listen and chat about it be...

#25 Dyslexia in Adults is often found when your child is identified. John Hicks shares that his biggest challenge when he read his daughters assessment was what it threw up for him, memories from the past and certain behaviours in work that started to make sense. In this story we touch on: Life Coaching How being asked for a favour to read a bible passage out loud led to an unexpected breakdown. H...

#24 Becoming a SciFi Author with dyslexia makes more sense than you think. Iain McKinnon shares his story of how writing on a computer released his writing capability. He started with a short fun DIY film then was encouraged by his friends to write a screenplay for the story. It became a self-published book picked up by a publishing house specializing in Sci-fi zombie films! If your child is reall...

Is Dyslexia the other end of the spectrum to Autism? Research from Dr Manuel Casanova quoted in The Dyslexic Advantage seems to point to this. Caused by how close or far our brain neurons are structured. "The brains of individuals with autism are biased toward short connections at the expense of long connections- just the opposite of dyslexia." p.41. Here’s a review of chapter 4 of The D...

#22 Dreaming of Being a Midwife, Dyslexia got in the way, but hasn’t stopped Keziah Nicolas. What would you do if you were 20 and dreamt of being a midwife since your teens but your dyslexia meant that you didn’t get the grades you needed at high school? Well, this is the story of a young lady who is choosing to work full time while going to college and studying in night classes to get the grades...

Teenager and Mum share the results of One Year of Mind Mapping High school. I grabbed a rare opportunity to meet with a student at the lunch break of Dyslexia Scotland Conference 2018. They helped me test the original Study group and "Mind Mapping High School" Course. Yasmin shares how she learned to apply her visual and creative way of doing school work and the results she got from it....

"Poor automaticity in routine skills makes many individuals with dyslexia...experiment with routine procedures, and in the process find new and better ways of doing things." p23 of Dyslexic Advantage. In this summary and review of Chapter 3 of The Dyslexic Advantage by Dr Brock Eide and Dr Fernette Eide they explore two of the four theories of Dyslexia. This chapter is all about the two...

Andrew Jenkins, Leadership Consultant, ‘From dyslexia to success: how one teacher can make all the difference’ Third Keynote at the Dyslexia Scotland Education Conference 2018. Andrew Shares: - A family of three grown up children all with Dyslexia and Him - How nurturing a mindset is very important. - One teachers input can make a lifetime of difference - Lessons from the professional world as a b...

After Rachel Millers Keynote speech she explains to me the system that she uses with her mother to keep on top of the workload leading up to her final high school exams. They just completed a 4-week online mind mapping course with Mindmap Studio. I got the rare opportunity to ask them how it has affected life at home and school in person at the Dyslexia Scotland Education Conference. Rachel gave a...

Welcome to Dyslexia Explored where we explore Dyslexia in the Teenage and Tweenage years from lots of different perspectives by asking people what their story is and what they can share that might help parents, tutors or even teenagers themselves with the challenges and opportunities of being Dyslexic and Hyper creative. This week we have a sixteen-year-old ambassador of Dyslexia Scotland present...

#16 Explores Dyscalculia, Traits and practical ways to help. Independent Education Consultant Judy Hornigold gave the first Keynote at the Dyslexia Scotland Education Conference 2018. Entitled ‘Practical ways to support dyslexic and dyscalculic learners with maths’. With thanks to Dyslexia Scotland and Judy Hornigold to broadcast this talk on the podcast. You will learn a lot, very quickly. Its he...

“We are claiming that certain talents are as much a part of dyslexic processing as are the better known challenges- that the strengths and the challenges are simply two sides of the same neurological coin.” P.17 The Dyslexic Advantage. Eide 2011. Great little intro chapter where they take a Grandpa, Mum and grandchild and show how you could view their Dyslexia story so differently depending on the...