Dyslexia | Cambourne Dyslexia,

Feb 26, 20223 min read

Visual Dyslexia? Or Visual Stress? Myth busting

Dyslexia and visual stress (Irlens (TM)) Early in their life dyslexics show differences in some or all of the following; · Speed of...

Jan 24, 20221 min read

What is phonics?

Phonics is segmenting and blending to assist reading and spelling. Looking at onset and rime. Looking at spelling patterns and spelling...

Jul 16, 20214 min read

Why use a specialist SpLD assessor and Why to use an Educational Psychologist?

This is question which gets asked a lot. It is not necessary to get the Educational Psychologist in unless there are issues which are not...

Jun 24, 20213 min read

CPD and INSET

As a parent you may be able to speak to your school governors to suggest that they recommend your child's teachers undergo some...

May 21, 20212 min read

What should my dyslexia report look like?

A dyslexia or SpLD assessment is written by one professional who carries out all the tests in person and they then interpret them and...

Oct 1, 20201 min read

How to do a literacy lesson

I tend to use the Conquering Literacy Programme from the Kelly and Phillips Book, 'Teacher Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia' Here I...

Jan 7, 20203 min read

Assessing what is causing the underlying difficulties

This is one of the starting points for ensuring that the intervention is correctly directed to your needs. There are 3 underlying causes...

May 3, 20193 min read

Which Dys am I?

This is always a tricky question and many students come to an assessor asking for a dyslexia diagnosis when perhaps they would be better...

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