Dyslexia Explored

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#130 Determination and Dyslexia with Author Abi Elphinstone Feb 23, 2023

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Have you ever experienced rejection? It's not a pleasant feeling, but our guest for today has persevered despite being rejected by publishers 95 times. Join us this week as we discuss determination and dyslexia with Abi Elphinstone, the author of The Dream Snatcher Series and The Unmapped Chronicles.

Abi grew up in Scotland, spending her weekends building dens in the woods, hiding in treehouses, and exploring the highlands. Despite being labeled as "unteachable" and "prone to spasmodic outbursts of silliness" by her headteacher, she pushed through school and earned an English degree at Bristol University. After teaching English in Africa, Berkshire, and London, she now spends her time building dens and hiding in treehouses - both in reality and through her books.

Links you might want to check:

Website: www.abielphinstone.com

Social Media: @moontrug (Twitter) @moontrugger (Instagram)

Buy link for signed and dedicated copies of Abi's books: https://nightowlbooks.co.uk/collections/abi-elphinstone-signed-copies

Dyslexia Quiz:https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/

Dyslexia at Work: www.dyslexiawork.com

Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com

Show notes:https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/130/

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#129: Multi-sensory Coaching for Children with Specialized Learning Needs for 20 Years. Dr. Emily Levy Feb 15, 2023

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This week, we'll learn more about the benefits of webbing and mind mapping for children with specialized learning needs. During my recent conversation with a multisensory coach, she shared how she tutors children with dyslexia, ADHD, and other learning disabilities, which, interestingly, is a lot similar to my approach.

Our guest for this week runs a reading coaching service called EBL Coaching, which tutors over 2000 people across multiple locations in the United States. Dr. Emily Levy has got a master's degree in special education, and a doctorate in general education, and has been in the world of remediating reading and writing and special education for the last 20-plus years.

Links you might want to check:

Website: www.eblcoaching.com

FB: EBL Coaching | Facebook

IG: EBL Coaching (@ebl_coaching) • Instagram photos and videos

Workbooks: https://eblcoaching.com/workbooks/

Dyslexic Advantage Revised: https://tinyurl.com/dyslexicadvantagerevised

Coaching Dyslexia in the workplace: https://www.dyslexiawork.com/

Dyslexia Quiz:https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/

Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com

BulletMap Academy Courses: https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/courses

Show notes:https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/129/

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#128 Visual Thinking: Its Value in building a productive society: Temple Grandin Dec 16, 2022

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Do you consider yourself a visual thinker? When Temple was interviewing people about how they think, she was shocked to know that some people are not thinking in pictures. She thought everybody thinks in pictures.I got the honour to talk to Temple Grandin, who is an autistic author, professor, inventor, and many more. She did not talk until she was 3 years old. Fortunately, she had a speech therapist early. She was bullied for being weird but she loved flying things like airplanes and kites. Today Temple is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and half of the cattle in the US are handled in facilities that Temple designed. She even has an Emmy Award-winning movie about her life produced by HBO and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.In this podcast, Temple shared how she came up with the idea of writing the book Visual Thinking during the lockdown. She also shared her concern about the diminishing high-end trade jobs in the United States because of the change in the Education system.Websites:Autism: Templegrandin.comLivestock: Grandin.comBeef Plant Farm Video:Calling All Minds Book: https://tinyurl.com/calling-all-minds-bookVisual Thinking Book: https://tinyurl.com/visual-thinking-bookDyslexia Explored Mechanic to Engineer Episode 104: https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/blog/104/Dyslexie Explored Prototyping Episode: https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/blog/79Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.comShow notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/128/Interested in being a guest? Email us at info@bulletmapacademy.com

#127 Starting a Clothing Brand with Dyslexia - Jake Posner Dec 07, 2022

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I had an interesting conversation with one of the ambassadors for the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) about his start-up business journey and how dyslexia somewhat paved the way for creating a sustainable clothing company. As a leader in the dyslexia community, Jake seeks to challenge people's notions about dyslexia and enable neurodivergent individuals to showcase their talents. Jake hopes that “No One True Anything” will lead to a community of people united in their support for the brand's concept and belief that no dream is impossible. Jake is deeply passionate about this issue. He left school with just one GCSE after spending years feeling overlooked and under-supported in the classroom. Links you might want to check: Website: https://noonetrueanything.com/ Instagram: https://noonetrueanything.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NoOneTrueAnything LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-posner-4b829b191/ Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/ Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/127/ Interested in being a guest? Email us at info@bulletmapacademy.com

#126 Other Ways to Teach Reading Nora Chahbazi Nov 10, 2022

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If you’ve ever tried teaching your child to read, you’ll know that it's not as easy as it looks, especially for a child with a learning difference. I had a great conversation with Nora Chahbazi, the founder of Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction or EBLI. She has been training and coaching teachers, parents, and educators for over 20 years to help them teach students how to read.

Nora shares her experience of how EBLI started and what made her pursue the field. Her daughter was having trouble reading but the school didn’t think it was anything unusual. She began researching ways to help her child and found a revolutionary book that really made a difference for her child. Shortly after, Nora founded EBLI and now, they have trained thousands of teachers from around the world.

Nora also sheds light on the different approaches to teaching reading, like balance literacy and phonics-based, and where her approach falls into the mix.

Check out the video podcast on Youtube. Skip to 1:06:52 if you want to see Nora's Demonstration: https://youtu.be/jgiHvHc0rhQ

EBLI Links:

For Parents : https://tinyurl.com/3rwfyjw4

For Teachers: https://tinyurl.com/mvwrhv4b

Abeka Reading System: https://tinyurl.com/3aejncyz

Whole Language: https://tinyurl.com/3upupcpd

Phonics: https://tinyurl.com/rjrnfez9

Reading Recovery: https://tinyurl.com/3vhz4mpa

“Why Our Children Can’t Read” book: https://tinyurl.com/yxenca5f

Phono-graphix program: https://www.phono-graphix.com/

Rudolf Steiner school: https://www.steiner.edu/

The truth about reading documentary trailer: https://youtu.be/XEdMaUbdx_g

Sold a Story Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/4ec3zh8p

Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com

Show notes:https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/126/

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#125 Hypercreative: What it’s like and how to make the most of it. Karen Daniels Oct 04, 2022

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Do you constantly receive ideas and inspiration from various sources? Do you start countless hobbies or artistic pursuits with crazy ideas on a whim? You might be hypercreative.

I had a very interesting conversation with Karen Daniels about hypercreativity. Karen has a Masters's degree in Education Psychology. She has also written 9 books of both fiction and non-fiction. She does content writing and ghostwriting for all sorts of people. She also teaches Martial Arts apart from being a full-time mum.

In the episode, Karen talked about the difference between hypercreativity and creativity, her being a writer and her journey through her creative path. She also shared about the limit of creativity and how to make the most out of it.

Links you might want to check:

Website: https://karendaniels.com/

Books:https://kdbooksandpublishing.com/

Email: karen@karendaniels.com

Hypercreative manifesto: https://karendaniels.com/hypercreativity-manifesto/

Dyslexia Quiz:https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/

Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com

Show notes:https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/125/

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#124 Discovering Dyslexia in Adulthood. Sanjay Kapoor Aug 30, 2022

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This week, I had an interesting conversation with Sanjay Kapoor, a director for proposals for a huge company in the US. He just recently discovered that he has dyslexia and ADHD by looking at materials from Made by Dyslexia and other dyslexia organizations. He also listened to several podcasts where he found us and reached out to us. Listen to the episode and learn how Sanjay discovered his dyslexia. Sanjay shared his work and how dyslexia has been a major part of it. He was also very open about struggling with his mental health and asking for help and finding ways to counter his weaknesses. Links: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-kapoor1/ Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/ Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com Enroll in BulletMap Academy: https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/prices/ Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/124/ Interested in being a guest? Email us at info@bulletmapacademy.com

#122 How “Xena” Scriptwriter and Author writes with Dyslexia, R.S. Mellette May 13, 2022

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This week I had an interesting conversation with R.S. Mellette, a scriptwriter and author with dyslexia. He was the script coordinator for Xena the Warrior Princess, Nutty Professor 2 and Blue Crush. Mellette has also worked and blogged for the film festival Dances With Films as well as the novelist collective, From The Write Angle, and he is on the board of the L.A. region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. In this episode, we are going to explore how R.S. Mellette came to know about dyslexia and how it helped him in being a screenwriter and, later on, being an author. He’s just about to publish the first book of a series called Kiya and the Morian Treasure which actually takes him more than 20 years to publish. Links you might want to check: Kiya and the Morian Treasure: https://www.amazon.com/Kiya-Morian-Treasure-R-S-Mellette/dp/1940180260/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1652370994&sr=8-1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsmellette/ Twitter: @RSMellette Instagram: @rsmellette/ Website RSMellette.com Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com BulletMap Academy Blogs: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blogs/ Enroll in BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/sales-page/ Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/122/ Interested in being a guest? Email us at info@bulletmapacademy.com

#121 How Dyslexia and ADHD relate. Lauri Peterson and Dr. Abbey Weinstein Mar 09, 2022

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This week, I sat down with not just one but two educational diagnosticians. Dr. Abbey Weinstein and Lauri Peterson assess people with specific learning difficulties in the US. As of today, they have tested more than 1200 people with SPLD both adult and children. Combined, they have over 40 years of experience in identifying people with dyslexia and ADHD. In this episode, we are going to explore more about the dynamic relationship between ADHD and Dyslexia with Dr. Abbey Weinstein and Lauri Peterson. Links you might want to check: Dr. Abbey and Lauri’s podcast - https://ediagnosticlearning.com/podcast-by-ediagnosticlearning/ (new website coming soon) Contact email for the podcast - letstalklearningdisabilities@gmail.com Website - https://ediagnosticlearning.com FB - https://www.facebook.com/eDiaglearning Twitter - @Lets_Learning Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/ Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com Enroll in BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/sales-page/ Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/121/ Interested in being a guest? Email us at darius@bulletmapacademy.com

#120 How Dyslexia affects professionals. Author and Executive Coach. Cheryl Isaacs Mar 04, 2022

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Cheryl Isaacs is a Chartered/Registered Occupational Psychologist, Author and accredited Executive Coach with over 20 years of experience within the areas of neurodiversity assessment, cognitive ability and attainment assessment, workplace behavioural training and psychometric profiling. To date, Cheryl has worked with over five thousand clients. Cheryl is the Director of OPM Consulting Ltd which specialises in behavioural and performance psychology and has developed a number of bespoke development programmes for a range of clients in the U.K, Europe, Middle East, Asia, USA and Africa. Cheryl is also a regular Guest Speaker at various industry events including the British Psychological Society annual conference and the Health & Wellbeing Symposium at the Birmingham NEC. Cheryl is a regular contributor to industry journals and newspapers such as The Evening Standard, The Telegraph, BBC and The Training Journal. Cheryl is the Author of Adult Dyslexia and Confidence Shmonfidence. Cheryl’s clients include: BP, Metropolitan Police, HSBC, London Business School, UKBA, University of Law, UCL, Scottish Government, Royal Marines, The Home Office, Mace Construction, UAL, Department for International Development, Capita, PWC, KPMG, NS&I, Financial Ombudsman, Dubai Ministry of Health and Transport for London, FCA, Nord Anglia and Compliancy Services. Links you might want to check: Adult Dyslexia by Cheryl Isaacs - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07W8V51YF?ref_=k4w_oembed_Swn1Hhb4NycKM9&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpd Confidence Shmonfidence by Cheryl Isaacs - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Confidence-Shmonfidence-Super-Successful-Without/dp/B09MYXVP5F/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1646238652&sr=1-1 Website - www.opmconsulting.co.uk Audible- https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Adult-Dyslexia-Audiobook/B09HFDQYXM?qid=1632991533&sr=1-5&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_5&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=A8AJE3AAQRXK6WQ0QYBK Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com BulletMap Academy Blogs: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blogs/ Enroll in BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/sales-page/ Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/120/ Interested in being a guest? Email us at info@bulletmapacademy.com

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