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Stapelstein is a highly versatile and durable product designed to promote active play and support neurodiverse learners. Ideal for both children and adults, it can be used as a stool, wobble chair, stepping stone, or balance board. Its applications extend to classrooms, homes, and outdoor settings, offering benefits like improved core strength, fidget management, and sensory engagement. Stapelstein’s design, vibrant colours, and adaptability make it an excellent tool for fostering learning, creativity, and personal development in neurodiverse individuals.
Dyslexia, primarily known as a learning difficulty affecting reading, writing, and spelling, intersects significantly with mental health. Individuals with dyslexia often experience unique challenges that can impact their emotional well-being. However, it's crucial to recognise that dyslexia also brings distinct strengths.
This article is important to you if you are a parent feeling disempowered to enact change that will help your dyslexic child to improve their attainment at school as you get closer to the Autumn Term.
Parent Coach and Therapeutic Counsellor John Hicks asks if the breakdown in Parent/Teacher relationships across the UK ultimately reduce the possibility of getting dyslexia support in place for a child who is struggling in school?
With the summer holidays about to start, parents have an opportunity to help their children boost their summer self-esteem and develop confidence ready for the new term. Check out my top three tips for boosting summer self-esteem.
Parents and teachers watch this video for some actionable strategies for helping your child to express their learning with creative writing or written coursework in KS3 and KS4.
Are you feeling 'good enough' to negotiate dyslexia support for your child? John Hicks explores how parental self esteem could have a negative impact on getting dyslexia support implement for a child.
This week herald’s the end of the academic year and the start of the clock ticking for the new one. Helping your child to develop their positive sense of self-esteem has never been more essential. I share three tips for parents to use to boost summer self-esteem.
How useful is the term ‘Dyslexia’ and what impact does that label have on a person? John Hicks interviews neurodiversity expert Professor Amanda Kirby from Do-IT Solutions about how labels such as dyslexia should be viewed and used.
What are teachers and parents saying about how assistive technology could help their children? Find out as I announce the winners of my May 2021 Giveaway.
At the end of #mentalhealthawarenessweek John Hicks announces a way to make a difference to the mental health of children and young people across the UK.
What is the relationship between dyslexia and mental well-being and is this being taken seriously?
Reviewing Mission Dyslexia a great resource for helping a child with dyslexia grow positive self-esteem. Win a copy of this book in my latest giveaway.
How are you reacting to your child being dyslexic? Let me share with you three tips for emotional wellbeing that will help you to support your child more effectively.
Educational charity, The Bell House, provide answers to parents questions about dyslexia and self-esteem in their latest webinar.
Can having dyslexia be seen as being a gift? Parenting and neurodiversity coach, John Hicks shares his thoughts from three key perspectives.
It is #UKLockdown 3.0 and parents are back to helping their children with remote learning. I want to share this excellent resource with you which shares tips in how to make remote learning for your dyslexic child more fruitful.
In this article I want to explore the concept of psychological projection, and how we can avoid hampering our children’s emotional development by keeping our own ability to project emotions in check especially whilst changes to how our children learn seem to be happening on a daily basis!
Find out about free dyslexia assessments for children who cannot afford them from the British Dyslexia Association.
‘SENCO Sally’ shares some awesome family based games that help children to understand the parts of speech that are essential for development at school and beyond.
Find out why I am supporting International Day of People With Disabilities with the accessibilities of The Studying With Dyslexia Blog on the 3rd December.
Three strategies for helping a dyslexic child to learn spellings. Ed psych, Zoe Pennant shares her top three strategies for helping a child to learn spellings that work at home and at school.
Hear what Mums are saying about helping their dyslexic children to do better at school using touch typing skills and try this free test to see how good you or your child are at touch-typing.
Dean from Channel 4’s The Write Offs shares an important message about wasting the potential in young dyslexic minds at school. In this exclusive article, Dean reveals his final speech from the show in it’s entirety and it is for parents and teachers alike. Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet and Eastenders also makes an appearance in this article. Please share.
Lets petition the UK Gov to provide funding for diagnostic assessments AND specialised support for our dyslexic learners so that they can unlock their potential. Please share this article.
October’s International Dyslexia Awareness Month has arrived. Check out this article for the latest news and resources and find out how you can get involved. #GoRedForDyslexia
Are you supporting a child with dyslexia? Then this infographic from Prof. Amanda Kirby will give you a better understanding of how being a dyslexic thinker works as you consider the wider world of Neurodiversity.
Educational psychologist, Zoe Pennant shares a personal reason as to why parents should understand the signs of dyslexia in their children.
Stapelstein is a highly versatile and durable product designed to promote active play and support neurodiverse learners. Ideal for both children and adults, it can be used as a stool, wobble chair, stepping stone, or balance board. Its applications extend to classrooms, homes, and outdoor settings, offering benefits like improved core strength, fidget management, and sensory engagement. Stapelstein’s design, vibrant colours, and adaptability make it an excellent tool for fostering learning, creativity, and personal development in neurodiverse individuals.