Problems getting a diagnosis …

Hello. We have a 17 yr. old daughter with Autism and what we believe could be Dyslexia. We have been suspicious of Dyslexia, since she was 8 yrs. old. The problem we are having is, NO ONE in any school district, will test our daughter for this disorder. They simply tell [...]

Please help, i feel i have no one to turn to for help any more

i’m an adult dealing with dyslexia, i stree out becase no one understands me nor can help me i have been turn away from a lot of organisation and place telling me that they can not help me as am adult. at the moment i am at tafe trying to get through my adult litarcy [...]

New online store will be launched very soon

Hi - Due to complications with the current method of purchasing our e-books, we are pleased to announce we will soon be launching a brand new online store. We will be announcing the launch in the coming weeks. Best wishes Dawn

Enquiry about testing for children

Can you please advise where you can get testing for motor dyspraxia or dyslexia in Sydney? My daughter has been diagnosed with auditory processing disorder and we are commencing some treatment for this - but I think she may also have motor dyspraxia

Where do we go now?

Hi, I have 2 boys - 11 and 9yrs old. The oldest one has had no developmental or learning difficulties at all. The youngest has had speech therapy and occupational therapy starting from 4yrs of age (speech). The school they attend has copies of all of his therapy. His writing is atrocious, he has excellent spelling and mathematical skills. He transposes letters, can't write in/on lines, writes in a mix of capitals and lower case, all different size letters, takes forever to write anything and tidy just does not exist in his work books. He also gets severely frustrated especially at school when given a writing task - snapping pencils and crying at times. He failed his yr 3 statewide core skills test for writing (surprise surprise) and I have been unable to find any tutors on the list given out by the gov dept that organises the tutoring to do with the skills tests. So I am at a stage now where I will have to arrange for his tutoring to be done through the school he attends. My issue is this - they have been aware of his diffulties from day dot and have from what I can see just ignored them or put them in the too hard basket. My son is extremely intelligent and inquisitive and tries hard to please as long as he doesn't have to write anything. I presently have him working on a touch typing CD rom hoping that if I can improve his typing I can convince the school to allow him to do his 'writing' on the computer ...

Dysgraphia - a problem with writing

This came through as an email but I thought it may be useful for others. Hi there, Recently my partner, heard about dysgraphia while watching a documentary, and explained to me that he thinks he has it. He has struggled with hand writing ever since he was a child, and I know that dyslexia runs strongly [...]

Looking for a school focussing on Dyslexia

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 [...]

10 easy tips to help dyslexic kids with math

There is a big difference between mathematics and arithmetic.

Dyslexics are generally good at mathematics, if taught properly, but not always good at arithmetic.

Tips to help with kids story writing

I use the Fun Writing Game” (sold downloadable at $8.00 from this site) to get kids to enjoy writing. Some kids are natural writers and when given this game they blossom into little authors.

Times Table Square

Please note … Before encouraging a pupil to use this times table square as an arithmetic aid, ensure that the pupil understands the concepts of both multiplication and division. You can test for this by showing times and divide sums and asking the pupil to predict the answer. CLICK HERE for accompanying file If s/he [...]