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Podcast #12 Benedict Phillips, 3D Thinkers in a 2D world.
Wonderfully creative and gently humerous Benedict Phillips shares about his severe dyslexia. A whistle stop tour of his story: – His school years. – 6 years of special educational lessons in a regular school. – Being illiterate at 16 – Excelling at Art School. – His ranting years. – The
Podcast #11 Darius Namdaran, How Mind mapping can help dyslexics in High School
Darius Namdaran. M.D. of Mindmap Studio gives a talk to help teenagers understand the power of mind mapping. He describes dyslexia from the outside, the inside and how you can use mind mapping in a certain way to bring order to the creative chaos of a dyslexics mind! This talk
Podcast #10 Dr. Paula Clarke, Effective Reading Approaches
Dr. Paula Clarke, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds presented ” Making meaning from what we read: Effective approaches for supporting learners to understand the text.” Dr Clarke explains some of the reading approach models and how they can be helpful as a framework to understand how to help
Podcast #9 Prof. Jonathan Glazzard. The Impact Of Dyslexia On Student’s Sense of Self
Keynote speaker; Professor Jonathan Glazzard, Leeds Beckett University. The Impact of Dyslexia on Students’ Sense of Self. He tells the story of a School inspection sunk by Headteacher fighting for 4 Dyslexics. How a school inspection felt like from a head teachers perspective. Half of his students had strong dyslexic
Podcast #8 Lynn Greenwold O.B.E. 2/6 PATOSS + Leeds Dyslexia Festival
To celebrate International Dyslexia Week 2018 we are going to do a Leeds Dyslexia Festival ‘Series’ Day 2/6. We will publish one of the main talks given. Episode #8 Address from Lynn Greenwold O.B.E., CEO of PATOSS, a network of 1800+ private assessors and tutors, explains how this Festival grew
Podcast #7 British Dyslexia Association open Leeds Dyslexia Festival
To celebrate International Dyslexia Week 2018 we did a Leeds Dyslexia Festival ‘Series’. Each day we will publish one of the main talks given at the festival. Episode #7 CEO of The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) gives the opening address and tells the story of the BDA from 1972. One