According to a recent Guardian article, new research shows that teachers do not get enough training on how to help dyslexic children.
See the article here.
See the article here.
 We're starting to think about planning our 'Positively Different 2013' event and thought we'd remind you how well our first event went last year. So take a quick look at these two Tamworth Herald stories:
 Our very lovely friends at Tamworth Library are working hard to ensure that they have dyslexia friendly books and resources available.
We popped along not so long ago to see how they are getting along and saw this stand. It contains books with dyslexia friendly print and audio (CD) included. So, why not nip down and have a browse. Dig-iT is working with the library to see what else they can offer, so if there's something you think they should be doing, we're sure they'd like to hear from you.  The government has acknowledged that their plans to revise GCSEs may put SEN students at a disadvantage. See this report in TES.
Dig-iT participated in the public consultation on GCSE changes and we stated that the plans would disproportionately affect those with dyslexia negatively. Unfortunately, we feel that the 'reasonable adjustments' to compensate will be insufficient. So we will continue to lobby educational policy makers to implement 'dyslexia-friendly' assessment methods that recognise that all students - in fact - learn in different ways and that assessment methods should reflect this.  Special Needs Jungle is a really great website run by Tania Tirraoro who is a parent who has been through the "jungle of the statementing system" and so wants to share that knowledge with others.
The website is well worth a visit - see here. |
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