by Carla Lowe | Jun 27, 2024 | Dyslexia & Literacy
According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2016), approximately 20% of 15-year-olds from developed countries are not able to read at a level that allows them to participate effectively in life. Although most children learn to read...
by Carla Lowe | May 23, 2024 | Dyslexia & Literacy
In our last blog post, we explored the definition of dyslexia (which varies across organisations) according to the British Psychological Society and explored some of the characteristic difficulties of dyslexia (including phonological awareness, verbal memory, working...
by Carla Lowe | May 16, 2024 | Dyslexia & Literacy, Uncategorised
Being a ‘poor’ reader is not uncommon. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2016), approximately 20% of 15-year-olds from developed countries are not able to read at a level that allows them to participate...
by Carla Lowe | May 12, 2024 | Dyslexia & Literacy
Dyslexia is something many people have heard of but not many people can explain. Often, people refer to dyslexia as making mistakes in literacy-based tasks, typically writing or reading words and letters backwards. However, the British Psychological Society (2005)...
by Carla Lowe | Apr 22, 2024 | Dyslexia & Literacy
Most children have learnt how to write satisfactorily through home support and/or high-quality classroom teaching by KS2, but 29% of Year 6 pupils did not reach the expected standard for writing in 2022/23 (gov.uk). So, how can we support those children in KS2 who...
by Carla Lowe | Mar 11, 2024 | Dyslexia & Literacy
Most children learn to write satisfactorily through home support and/or high-quality classroom teaching, but how can we help those children who do not? This blog post provides an overview of two intervention schemes which have been used in the UK to boost the overall...
