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...

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...

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....