Dyslexic Insight in Adelaide, South Australia | Educational consultant

Dyslexic Insight

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 401 959 821

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25.01.2022 These workshops sound fantastic!

25.01.2022 When times are tough, it is so important to help our children feel good about themselves. Especially heading back to school and term 4. Praise them because they are brave, they are strong, they are unique!

25.01.2022 Great tips for students to help them with their writing.

24.01.2022 The Speld SA Spring Newsletter has an excellent article by Jacqui Edwards, Sandy Russo and Kerry Williams. Most schools only have levelled readers, or what many... reading experts call inconsiderate texts. They are called inconsiderate because they introduce new letters and letter groups (graphemes) and irregular spelling patterns (that are common to what many call sight words) in a random order that is inconsiderate to the fact that we are trying to teach readers to decode as their primary strategy to recognise words. What we end up with from these inconsiderate levelled readers and the disproven running records approach to assessing reading is what weve got in Australia right now. A huge cohort of struggling readers who have fallen well below international reading benchmarks. Why, because they were taught to guess at unfamiliar words by readers that didnt follow a sequence and randomly exposed them to letters that hadnt yet been taught! They were also encouraged to look at the pictures, predict what the new word might be from familiar words around it. They were in a non-phonics environment. Of course they guessed (bless their hearts). If phonic readers are popping up in your childs classroom, high 5 the teacher, and gather a group of parents to see how you can raise funds to buy more. If youre not a member of Speld, consider joining. http://www.speld-sa.org.au/ See more

24.01.2022 Early identification is definitely important.

24.01.2022 Meet Henry. https://www.understood.org//a-day-in-the-life-of-a-teen-wi

22.01.2022 A free app from Nessy

21.01.2022 Sophie Monk , well known Aussie with dyslexia, was a presenter at Wednesday night's ARIA awards. She made a hilarious speech and followed it up by saying that she is not good at reading, hence why she presents off the cuff. Thank you Sophie for helping to raise awareness for the 1 in 5.

20.01.2022 Lots of useful Information on this website too.

20.01.2022 Announcing our newest, fiercest character: The Decoding Dragon! She chases the Guessing Monster away (can you spot all the balanced literacy animals that make u...p the Guessing Monster?). Feel free to download and share any way you see fit! The Decoding Dragon will be back to demonstrate what good readers do in a new poster series coming your way soon! #DontLeaveReadingToChance #CodeReadDyslexiaNetwork #ReadingForLife See more

19.01.2022 What a great turnout at the Metro Dyslexia Support Group last Wednesday night, with about 40 people attending. A huge thank you to Sandy Russo from SPELD SA who spoke to the group about ways to help our children at home. Lots of great strategies and information about apps, computer programs and features such as text to speech. Check out their Clever Bytes on the SPELD SA website for more information and ideas.... #dyslexiasupport-South Australia #SPELDSA See more

18.01.2022 Never discourage a CHILD <3

18.01.2022 It is interesting to see the number of students who aren't taught handwriting anymore.

17.01.2022 "Dyslexic children and adults struggle to read fluently, spell words correctly and learn a second language, among other challenges. But these difficulties have ...no connection to their overall intelligence. In fact, dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in reading in an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader. While people with dyslexia are slow readers, they often, paradoxically, are very fast and creative thinkers with strong reasoning abilities. Dyslexia is also very common, affecting 20 percent of the population and representing 80 90 percent of all those with learning disabilities." (Yale Center for Dyslexia)

17.01.2022 Decodable readers! That would be great to see them been used more widely in schools.

15.01.2022 Very True! That's why it is so important for them to learn the sounds and sound out words.

15.01.2022 Great tips on encouraging teens to have manners and be polite, rather than a grunt or a one word answer.

14.01.2022 Please join us for the last meeting of the year for the Metro Dyslexia Support group on Wednesday 17 October. Our guest speaker, Nigel will share with us ways to help support children with their emotions and how to make a difference to their wellbeing (and families too) A useful and practical session for all.

13.01.2022 Great advice SPELD! Ask for extra time for students and try your best.

13.01.2022 A fun way to learn the timestables!

12.01.2022 A great visual resource to help understand the difficulties children can face, not only in their learning, but day to day.

12.01.2022 Another successful personality with dyslexia. Who would have known? A great quote for teaching our kids to be courageous and determined, even through the challenges they face everyday!

11.01.2022 It is great to see support for those with learning difficulties in obtaining their learner's permit. It can be difficult for those with dyslexia to answer the questions on a test, when they struggle to read the words.

10.01.2022 The iRecorder Pro is currently going out free. Great to record ideas, when you click on the info button on the right hand side of the recording, you will have o...ptions to rename the file and email it. This app Is very easy to use and the recordings are of good quality. Remember, dont make recordings too long as small files are easier to listen to and take up Less room when emailing recorded ideas. Usually it is $2.99 See more

10.01.2022 Great advice SPELD on how to then support students in progressing.

10.01.2022 The next Metro Dyslexia Support Group will be held on 20th June at 7:30. Please join us as we hear from our guest speakers about tips to help at school. A great opportunity to learn more about ways to support your child and to meet other families. For more information please feel free to contact me.

09.01.2022 Free app for practising tables.

06.01.2022 Some good strategies and links to help children with anxiety, as we approx school next week.

05.01.2022 Hi everyone, A reminder about our next Metro Dyslexia Support Group meeting on Wednesday 9 August at 7-8:30pm at The Red Centre, Prince Alfred College. Our guest speaker will be Libby Brown from the Special Education Resource Unit (DECD). She will be discussing Educational Psychological Assessments, Individual Learning Plans and accommodations to help support your child in the classroom.... Please feel free to contact me if you would like more information. Hope to see you there.

05.01.2022 Did you know October is #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth Some awesome initiatives out in the world! Dyslexia is the most common form of learning difficulty and affects 1 in 5. Let's keep up the awareness of ensuring our children with #Dyslexia receive full love, support and encouragement to continue their literacy journey. Thanks Titan Reads... Speld NSW Dyslexia Support - South Australia Dyslexia Daily Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity

04.01.2022 Love this! Its always about decoding!

02.01.2022 Thanks to Libby Brown from SERU- Special Education Resources unit, who was our speaker at the Metro Dyslexia Support Group on Wednesday night. 30 people attended the night and there was lots of discussion and questions from the group. ... It was a great evening. Libby shared with us lots of useful information about educational assessments, school plans and ways to support our dyslexic children in the classroom. Along with some resources. Our next meeting will be on the 20th September with Dr Sandra Marshall from Dyslexia SA, so I'll keep you posted. #dyslexia SA Dyslexia Support - South Australia

02.01.2022 Fantastic information and questions to ask when looking for a secondary school to support your child. Having 2 boys with dyslexia at secondary school myself, communicating with teachers is also very important. Especially when those first grades from assessment tasks come through at the beginning of the year. Talk to teachers about ways they can be supported to Improve their grade next time.