The Often Overlooked Strategies: Routines and Repetition "Many of the students I know with ASD / Neurodiversity have difficulty with...

This powerful video shares practical tips for helping your dyslexic child.

One in five children is affected by dyslexia, and dyslexia can be discovered as early as kindergarten or first grade. In an in-depth look...

Temple Grandin is a well-known scientist, author, and leading expert on animal behaviour. Autism has given Grandin unique insights;...

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on journalist Sue Nelson. Exhausted by covering the crisis, she received a...

Please note that this presentation is a generalisation on dyslexia. Each person with dyslexia has their own individual profiles of...

Some advice for parents of children with specific learning disabilities.

The first video in our information series.

A 14-year-old came to get help for the last term of his 4th form year (now year 10). His mother said that at the parent teacher interview...

About a year ago, a voice behind me called out, “Hello Mrs Manson”, but I didn’t recognise the caller. After all it was probably over...

One year after taking seminars for SPELADD, a mother, who had attended because of her younger son, asked if I could help her older son....

A few years ago one of my ex-students brought her young son to be assessed. I asked her what she was doing, and she said she was an...

One of the greatest mysteries I had to help with was about a boy who was too rough with everybody and couldn’t understand why other...

A friend’s daughter was to begin her University Entrance year. Her main problem was poor studying skills and organising her time to get...

Just breath is a great video on coping with anger.

First child Sophie a happy pre-schooler, spoke early and asked intelligent questions. At school she struggled with reading, letter...

Memories – After 40 years of taking students for Speld and, later from 1999, SPELADD, I have plenty of students and families to remember....