Posts filed under 'ADHD & ADD'
Hi everyone,
As you might have noticed my new phonics course and the book on ADHD are now for sale….
…..However I have not actually got any copies yet. The production was delayed because I totally stuffed all, nearly 100, audio files and they went silent on me!
I eventually gave up ever restoring them and found a very nice, hard working technician called Roy who resurrected them from the grave. We would have completed CDs with these books on it Australia post delivered final proof copies from one end of Perth to the other in the time they say they do!
They will be available soon, but I have to go to Phuket on business in a couple of weeks so will be promoting them and posting any when I get back at the end of May. Look out for my face in the press or even, hopefully, on TV.
May 13th, 2010
My daughter aged 10 has just be diagnosed with global learning difficulties can you please tell me what is the difference between that and dyslexia?
Continue Reading May 12th, 2009
This email was recently sent to me and I have posted it, incase anyone can help with the school suggestion.
Recently my 6 year old was diagnosed with dyslexia and adhd. We have enrolled him into a school that teaches the Orton Gillingham method. We will be moving to Melbourne, VIC and needed to find a school similar if there are any. We hear that you may only need a couple of years if caught early and it’s severity.
I have been searching the web for Australia Melbourne schools but they don’t have any listed for dyslexia.
May 6th, 2009
We’re soon to be setting up a kids blog and I will be the one running it.
Any kids out there with dyslexia or hey just need to talk someone feel free to e-mail.
I will try my best to answer all your questions and give advice to the best of my abbility, and any of the tequnical questions im not able to answer dawn will be sure to assist.
Continue Reading April 3rd, 2009
Hi, my 7 yo Alex has been diagnosed with dyslexia, ADD and possible Auditory Processing Disorder. Despite 2 years of support at school plus Ot nd Speech since the age of 2.5, we are reading at begining kindy level still, showing little improvement and he is becoming increasingly frustrated and depressed. I am in Wollongong NSW and desperatly want to help him but dont know what to do know as what we have been doing is not working. His IQ came3 in as quite low but he did not want to be in the testing room and made no effort. I am looking for a tutor or program along the Orton Gillingham method. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I no one is trained in this method, is it possible to buy this program so i can impliment it at home. I am deperatly trying to find some way to help my boy. God bless, I hope you can help.
hi, Thanks for your email. Now first i should say that Auditory Processing Disorder is part of dyslexia, most dyslexic have this . And just about every dyslexic is diagnosed as having ADD in Australia so do not worry about that, and please do not give him drugs.
Secondly if his self esteem was low when he was tested his IQ would register as low , but i have never met a Dyslexic who was did have a really low IQ. So just treat his as an ordinary child . you are the parent you will know best.
Dyslexics learn differently from other kids and what he needs is teaching in a different way, then he will improve. I explain all about this and show you how to teach a dyslexic in my book Dyslexia – How to Win, and i designed the games etc for parents who need to teach their own kids. I am trying to help with these books.
But let me also say that all dyslexics are gifted and that half of self made millionaires are dyslexic. Please see this page of my site. The single most important thing that dictates his success is understanding that he is dyslexic and what it really means. I talk about this a lot in the book.
Sir Jammie Oliver is still very weak at reading and writing and dictates all his books.
Get back to me with any more questions but remember most of what i know, as a dyslexic and a teacher is in this book. Please read it. It really does work, and you can download it for $20.
good luck
cheers
dawn
January 9th, 2009
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder are labels that are being used more and more in Australia. We are interested in these conditions because of their link with dyslexia. in many of the cases where ADD or ADHD has been diagnosed, we have been able to cure the problem by applying our methods and treating the student as dyslexic.
Continue Reading December 19th, 2006
