Listening Books have just announced that they are now offering a download service for their audio books, as well as the option to receive CDs in the post or stream the books. It already was good value and that makes it even better! They also have a comprehensive section on their website to support the…
Author: Sara
Remember we’re blue sky…
Recently someone wrote to a national newspaper to enquire whether it was possible to find a fulfilling job with his learning difficulties. Two interesting replies were printed the following week. One offered practical advice, but it was the reply from Hilla Joshi that struck a chord. She asked that her original spelling and punctuation be…
South African research
Researchers at University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, compared the progress of 18 dyslexic students who were given instruction using Davis Dyslexia Correction techniques with a control group of students from the same school. They reported that over a period of nine months, the Davis students performed significantly better on tests of…
Ealing Dyslexia Association – workshop
Saturday 6th February 2010, 10.30 – 12.00 I will be giving a talk at the Ealing Dyslexia Association as part of their series ‘Methods for Dyslexia’. I have been invited to talk about the Davis methods and run an interactive workshop to show how the creative talents of dyslexics can be used to help…
Information Technology – some new ideas
18 January 2010 I went to the BETT (technology in education) exhibition last week and had the opportunity to try out some new software and see what updates had been added to old favourites. I thought I would select my top 3 things, but even that is difficult as there was so much to choose…
unlocking-learning
14 October I am a member of the Davis Dyslexia Facilitators’ Association (DDFA), a professional association for licensed Davis practitioners, and we have been building a new website over the last few months. The project has grown over time; it started out as a website to let people search for a Davis Facilitator in their…
Adult Dyslexia Diagnosis and Support
18 September Phew! Just handed in my portfolio for Unit 2 of my ADDS course. It feels great to be finished – I wont know the results until next month but I think I’ll celebrate the ‘completion’ anyway!
Pushing the Envelope
30 July Have you seen the latest envelopes designed by celebrities in support of the National Literacy Trust? In 2009 their aims are to · Inspire 30,000 children in disadvantaged areas across the UK to read · Provide more than 90,000 free books for children to choose and keep at inspirational reading events · …
Junkyard Dan
20 July I have just received a series of books written especially for emerging adult readers. I had a long chat with the author, Elise Leonard, on the phone and she described them as a cross between Cheers and CSI – and all in 100 pages per book! I have just lent out the first…
Davis Dyslexia Learning Strategies
27 June The Davis Learning Strategies are designed for classroom use and are geared to beginning readers. These methods were found to benefit all students no matter what their learning styles or reading level. Teachers found that strong readers become stronger in language and grammar skills and weaker readers begin to read effortlessly. …