Dyslexia Explored

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#99 Access to Work: What is it and how can you get it with Kerry Pace Part 3 Jan 21, 2021

Show notes

We have a practical but exciting podcast this week. We invited Kerry Pace again as a guest on dyslexia explored. This is part 3 of our series with her. In episode 80, she talks about her dyslexia story and the journey she embarked on which enabled her to tutor university students online, mostly nursing students, with dyslexia. In episode 81, she talks about the importance of learning support through online videos for students and professionals.

Today, we talked about a very interesting and very helpful program that the United Kingdom implements but only a few know about. In the UK, we have a scheme called “Access to Work” which is basically giving disabled student allowance to the workplace. It is the government's way to get disabled people into work and become a productive member of society. This ensures companies will build ramps and other infrastructure that allows persons with disabilities to have access to the workplace.

Why do we have to know about this? In the UK, dyslexia is considered a disability so people with dyslexia have the right to avail of this. This opens up so many opportunities for people with dyslexia. Listen to the episode to find out more.

Links you might want to check:

Kerry Pace email: Kerry@Diverse-Learners.co.uk

Kerry Pace Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DiverseLearners/featured
@DiverseLearners
Phone, text and WhatsApp 07947 325 849

Access to Work info - https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
Access to Work “apply” - https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

Phone 0800 121 7479
Text 0800 121 7579

Dragon - https://www.nuance.com/en-gb/dragon.html
Mindview - https://www.matchware.com/mind-mapping-software
Claro - https://www.clarosoftware.com/
Audio notetaker - https://sonocent.com/audio-notetaker/
Inspiration - https://www.inspiration-at.com/
C scan pen - https://www.scanningpens.co.uk/

Website www.Diverse-Learners.co.uk

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#98 ‘My Name is Layla’ Author Shares Why She Chose Dyslexia As Key Part Of Her Story. Reyna Marder Gentin Jan 19, 2021

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In the Dyslexia Explored Podcast, we usually talk to people with dyslexia and hear about their personal challenges. You might have heard from our previous episodes, we are interested in the challenges that people with dyslexia face and how they overcome them.

This week we are going to hear from someone who has written a dyslexia story. Reyna Marder Gentin was a criminal defense attorney who became a full-time writer. In her second book, ‘My Name is Layla’, the main character has dyslexia and it is one of the main parts of her story. Let us discover why Reyna chose dyslexia, what were the struggles her character faced, and what are the points we can learn from this story.

Here are some links:

Website: https://reynamardergentin.com

Curriculum guide: https://reynamardergentin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/My-Name-Is-Layla-curriculum-guide.pdf

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reynamardergentin

Twitter: https://twitter.com/reynagentin

Buy links:

From the Publisher: https://touchpointpress.ecwid.com/My-Name-is-Layla-p217000791

E-book edition from Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Name-Layla-Reyna-Marder-Gentin-ebook/dp/B08D1ZM4FW/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=my+name+is+layla&qid=1610124854&quartzVehicle=842-813&replacementKeywords=my+name+layla&sr=8-15

US paperback: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1952816084?pf_rd_r=4WE1PG1EQ6BRR3KR888N&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8

Publisher: https://www.bronxriverbooks.com/my-name-is-layla.

More buy links for the paperback edition should be available upon on-sale.

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#97 Executive Function Coach and SPED Teacher Talks About Managing Your Executive Function Skills. Sara Kesty Jan 08, 2021

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Sarah Kesty is a SPED Teacher and Executive Function coach. She teaches children with learning difficulties to manage their executive function skills. She also has her own podcast called ‘The Executive Function Podcast’ where she shares helpful, fun, and effective strategies to support kids with executive function.

This week, I had the pleasure of having Sarah Kesty as our guest. Sarah talks about the three pillars of executive function; emotional regulation, attention, and focus, and managing your own learning. She also shares how she empathizes with being an outcast among peers because of her condition. Lastly, Sarah shares valuable tips on how to deal with your child being stressed at home when tackling remote learning.

Links:

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/executivefunctionpodcast

Website: sarahkesty.com

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-executive-function-podcast/id1489096143

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#96 Social Emotional Learning: Noticeability founder talks about struggling with acceptance. Dean Bragonier Jan 05, 2021

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This week we had the opportunity of meeting Dean Bragonier as our podcast guest. He is the founder of Noticeability.org, a non-profit organisation that focuses on introducing middle school-aged children to the cognitive advantages associated with dyslexia. Dean has presented quite a few talks about dyslexia, including a TEDx talk on the true gifts of the dyslexic mind.

In this episode, Dean talks about his dyslexia story and his struggle for acceptance from himself and from society. Dean considers himself privileged, being from a family that had enough resources to get him a diagnosis and give him proper accommodations, yet he still felt that he was alone and not accepted from his peer group. That is why he created Noticeability, to help children with dyslexia understand how their mind works and rebuild their self-worth.

Links:

Noticeability Homepage: https://noticeability1.teachable.com/

Videos:

TEDx talk: The true gift of dyslexia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dPyzFFcG7A

Noticeability Impact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmKrZhLG_XA&feature=youtu.be

"From classroom to boardroom": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7THx2Ybyr30

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Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/96/

#95 Biology and Multi-sensory Learning with Susie Nyman Dec 15, 2020

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Dr. Susie Nyman is one of those teachers you’d want your children to have. She is very passionate about how students learn differently using multi-sensory learning. When she was a child she noticed she learnt better using textbooks that incorporated cartoon images. When she had her son she noticed he couldn't remember his spellings when he wrote on blue paper, so she tried different colored paper instead. That’s when her son started to remember his spellings!

In school, where she taught biology she used props such as a giant heart, where students could go and put sticky notes on. These notes were colour-coded to differentiate between the deoxygenated and oxygenated parts. She used auditory learning by singing the keywords to a popular song and sometimes they shaped coloured playdough to identify different parts. Multi-sensory teaching stimulates the brain in many ways and can improve the learning process.

This week, we discover the dyslexia story of Dr. Susie Nyman and her unconventional ways of teaching science. She also shared a lot of tips for students, parents and teachers

Links you may like:

Website: https://www.drnymanconsultancy.co.uk/

Twitter: @DrSusieNyman

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DSNConsultancy

Books

Eastap, L. et al. (2018). Dyslexia Friendly Schools Good Practice Guide - 2nd Edition. British Dyslexia Association. https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/shop/books/dyslexia-friendly-schools-good-practice-guide-2nd-edition

Nyman, S. (2019). The Multi-sensory Teaching Toolkit. Chichester: Oaka Books: https://www.oakabooks.co.uk/products/dr-susie-nymans-multi-sensory-teaching-toollkit

Nyman, S. (2020). How to become a Grade Riser. Chichester: Oaka Books: https://www.oakabooks.co.uk/collections/revision-extras/products/how-to-be-a-grade-riser-by-dr-susie-nyman-teacher-must-have

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#94 Oaka Books Founder Recreated the Battle of Hastings on her Kitchen Table! Bambi Gardiner Dec 08, 2020

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One day her daughter came home from school and said they’d been working on the Battle of Hastings. She went on to say that although they’d worked on this topic for weeks she couldn’t remember a single thing and they had an exam next week! That night Bambi Gardiner recreated the Battle of Hastings on her kitchen table. The next morning her daughter remembered most of it! Bambi realised that it's not enough for kids with dyslexia to rely on plain text to learn. So she found a lot of creative ways to help her child, like turning her notes into cartoon characters and creating colorful science flashcards that she can carry with her. All this helped her gain an A in her exam.

This was the birth of Oaka Books, an award-winning book company that publishes interactive books for children with dyslexia. This week, Darius sat down with the founder, Bambi Gardiner, and talked about how it all started, what it’s like being a parent of a child with dyslexia and what’s next for Oaka Books.

Links you might like:

The link to their website: https://www.oakabooks.co.uk/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/oakabooks

Twitter: Oaka Books (@OakaBooks) / https://twitter.com/OakaBooks

Instagram: Bambi Gardiner, Oaka Founder (@oakabooks1) • https://www.instagram.com/oakabooks1/

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Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/94/

#93 Tackling Common Entrance Exams with a Child with Dyslexia. Denise Goulding Dec 01, 2020

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We have a fascinating case study for you about tackling common entrance exams or GCSEs with dyslexia. Denise Goulding, a parent of a child with dyslexia, agreed to share their story about how her daughter managed to get A’s and B’s in her entrance exam. Denise had been with us in the BulletMap Academy for 2 years now and in fact, we already featured her in the podcast a couple of times. You can go back and listen to their dyslexia story if you want.

Today, however, we focus on her daughter’s entrance exams and what are the strategies she did to prepare for it. This will be a visual-heavy episode as Denise was sharing the maps that they did so we recorded a video of the conversation which you’ll see in the shownotes.

Links you might want to go:

Show notes with a recorded video of the conversation: https://bulletmapacademy.com/93/

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#92 Entrepreneur and Business Coach Understanding Dyslexia the Second Time, Stephen Martin Nov 25, 2020

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Stephen Martin thought his dyslexia would just disappear after finishing school. He was diagnosed early in his life and had the same struggles that most kids with dyslexia had. But he recently just realized what dyslexia really means when he talked to a dyslexia practitioner. He then realized all the things and decisions that he had made were, in one way or another, affected by his dyslexia. He’s now sharing this realization in a podcast called “Truth About Dyslexia”, which is out on iTunes, Spotify, or any other channels.

This week, we talked to Stephen Martin, an entrepreneur in the digital marketing space and business coach, where he shared about his dyslexia story, the moment of realization with the dyslexia practitioner, and how it reshaped his way of life and way of thinking about dyslexia. Listen to the podcast now.

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#91 Award Winning Jewellery Designer On Celebrating Things That You Do Well Nov 17, 2020

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This week, we have an interesting conversation with Harriet Kelsall, one of the most respected designers and business trailblazers in the UK jewellery industry. She was the 2016 HSBC Forward Ladies “Retail Business Woman of the year”, was Everywoman’s “Retail Woman of the Year” in 2011, one of The Institute of Directors magazine’s six “women who have most changed the business world” in 2014 and is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and of the City of London.

She was the Chair of the National Association of Jewellers (now deputy chair) and is a non executive director for the British Hallmarking Council. She has also been a non executive director for the Responsible Jewellery Council. Harriet is passionate about helping creative business flourish and her book on the subject called “The Creative's Guide to Starting a Business: How to turn your talent into a career” which won at the 2019 Business Book of the Year Awards.

In this episode, Harriet shares her story of growing up with dyslexia and how she developed strategies to overcome it. She also talks about focusing on the positive side of dyslexia and celebrating the things that you are good at instead of the things you are not.

Twitter handle @HarrietKelsall and @HKJewellery

Instagram @Harriet-Alice-Kelsall

Facebook @HarrietKelsall

The book – The book “The Creative’s Guide to Starting a Business” is available on Amazon as a book or as an audiobook (via Audible) and via usual sellers and also if you’d like a signed copy you can get one here:- https://www.hkjewellery.co.uk/other-18353-the-creatives-guide

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#90 The Dyslexic Advantage Author (Dr. Fernette Eide) Shares Experience As A Parent Of Child With Dyslexia Nov 10, 2020

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In this week’s episode, we have a very special guest. She and her husband are very well known in the dyslexia community. Their works have inspired thousands of dyslexics around the world to accept their dyslexia, own it, and be proud of it. We are very fortunate to have Dr. Fernette Eide, the co-author of “The Dyslexia Advantage”, with us on our 90th episode of the podcast. The Dyslexia Explored podcast and the BulletMap Academy have been heavily influenced by the book. We even covered the chapters of the book here in the podcast. If you haven’t read the book yet, we highly recommend you should.

As with a lot of people, Dr. Fernette and Dr. Brock were first exposed to dyslexia when their first child showed signs of trouble at preschool. They’ve observed a huge disconnect between what they see with their kid at home as opposed to what they see at school. They observed that the support available for kids is poor but it took them a little while to realize what was really happening and that led them to write a book called “The Mislabelled Child”. Listen to the podcast and find out what led them to the dyslexic advantage book.

Links you might want to check:

Website: https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org

FaceBook: facebook.com/dyslexicadvantage

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/dyslexicadvantage

Newsletter: https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/newsletters/

Book: https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/about-us/2-the-book-the-dyslexic-advantage/

Our library of articles: https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/dyslexia-dyslexic-advantage-library/

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