Chris Packham and the BBC are looking for people with dyslexia, for a programme they will be doing soon.
If you are over 18 and have a dyslexia diagnosis, they would like to hear from you.
Take a look at the short BBC video here and email dyslexia.insideourminds@bbc.com with your name and phone number or your own video if you wish.
Good luck!
A group of researchers in the School of Psychology at the University of Surrey are interested in adolescents’ social and emotional experiences related to reading difficulties, so that they can better support them in the future.
They would like to involve you as a group of experts by experience to ensure their dyslexia research is relevant to adolescents with reading difficulties.
Volunteers for their dyslexia research advisory groups will give feedback on the design of the research project and recruitment materials to be used in the subsequent study itself: “Understanding the mechanisms underpinning poor mental health outcomes in children with reading disorders”.
The University of Surrey team are looking for volunteers to join 3 advisory groups:
The panels will meet online about 3 times during the year for approximately an hour.
You will be asked to read some materials before these meetings.
In the meetings, you will be asked to provide your thoughts on parts of the research.
Please contact Jovana Durica at UnRAP@surrey.ac.uk if you are interested in joining the group or if you would like more information.
We’d love you to come and join us for our Big Walk for Dyslexia on the afternoon of Sunday 12 May. As last year, we will be walking in beautiful Farnham Park – just along from the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity in West Street in the centre of Georgian Farnham. And once again, we’re absolutely thrilled to be part of the Farnham Walking Festival.
Teddy Arkell was all set to eat every crumb of cake last year and this year we are determined not to let him, so he will be on his best behaviour and there should be plenty of tea and cake for you all after the walk, back at the Centre.
Join in wherever you are!
If you can’t attend on the day, why not do a ‘virtual’ walk for us (and virtual cake munching) and tag us as you share your photos on social media?
It’s a fun family day out, with dogs very welcome, but of course, the most important bit is that it is all to raise money to help the charity support adults and children with dyslexia and to raise awareness of dyslexia and the work we do here at Helen Arkell so we would love your support.
You can find out more and register here. See you there!
In January we ran a great Spotlight entitled Empowering Learning: The How of Assistive Technology. This Spotlight gave an overview of Assistive Technology and how it can be used to enhance learning outcomes for neurodiverse students.
People who attended this Spotlight let us know that they are also keen to see the Assistive Technology in action so, we have invited Myles Pilling and Julia Clouter back to do just this!
The Spotlight Assistive Technology: Practical Demonstrations will be held live online on Tuesday 23 April at 6 pm with a recording available afterwards. The live webinar will include a Q & A session. Tickets are £10.
You can find out more and book here
See you there!
New Spotlight webinar on Tuesday 12 March at 6pm.
Join Katie Harris from specialist law firm Boyes Turner to discuss the value of employing people with dyslexia and the challenges and benefits of having dyslexia in the workplace, how employment law protects people with dyslexia, and the practical steps employers can and should be taking to better support people with dyslexia and comply with their legal obligations towards them.
The webinar will include an opportunity to ask questions.
If you can’t join live, recordings will be sent out.
Book here.
Our good friends at Movement for Good will be drawing charities to receive £1,000 on 18 March.
Please nominate us today so that we are in with a good chance! We can do so much with £1,000 and improve the lives of people with dyslexia.
It takes about 30 seconds. Just click here.
Thank you!
NEC, Birmingham
Friday 15 March to Saturday 16 March
Once again, we are delighted that the Helen Arkell team will be there at this national exhibition dedicated entirely to dyslexia.
The Dyslexia Show is open to all and focuses on awareness and understanding of dyslexia in education, parenting and the workplace.
CEO Andy Cook will be a panellist in the Keynote Theatre at 10:15 on Friday alongside friends and colleagues from Patoss, British Dyslexia Association and Nasen. Book here.
Claire Harvey, Head of Education here at Helen Arkell, will be speaking at 11 on Friday, giving a talk entitled: Gaining reading accuracy and fluency: Why is it so tricky and what can we do to help? Book here.
Rachael McMullen, our Head of Dyslexia Support, and Thea Andrews, our Shop Assistant and Administrator, will be on our stand – Stand C302 – and looking forward to meeting people.
Do pop and see us if you are coming along!
For more details and to book your place, see the Dyslexia Show website.
Supporting Learners with Dyslexia/Specific Learning Difficulties is a very practical online course for Teaching Assistants or anyone supporting learners. You will be shown lots of useful, tried and tested strategies to enable you to support learners effectively. You will also have the opportunity to make attractive, practical resources that you will be able to use with your learners. The course starts on Friday 19 April and comprises six three-hour sessions:
Each session can be booked individually and recordings of sessions will be available if you cannot attend.
Book here
Join us at Worplesdon Golf Club for our annual golf day – a morning of golf followed by a delicious buffet lunch and raffle.
This is a wonderful opportunity to play this stunning course while raising money for those in need of dyslexia support. Worplesdon is one of the classic Surrey heathland courses, laid out in 1908 by J F Abercromby. Why not get a team together for a fun day out?
Please register here.
We look forward to seeing you at Worplesdon Golf Club on May 9th!
There are plenty of reasons to choose a dyslexia assessment from Helen Arkell:
• We have over 50 years of pioneering dyslexia experience.
• The assurance of the highest quality dyslexia assessment; we only employ highly qualified and experienced specialist assessors and educational psychologists. Everyone is required to take Continuing Professional Development courses and workshops to keep their skills up to date.
• Our team of assessors share their experience and knowledge. Each one is peer mentored and supported by Helen Arkell specialist staff.
• We have a variety of options for your dyslexia assessment; where appropriate, you can have an online assessment. If a face-to-face assessment is required, we offer these at a variety of locations across the south of England and the Midlands.
• We can see you quickly! For most assessments, you can be seen as soon as the paperwork is done.
• As well as dyslexia assessments, we offer top-up dyscalculia assessments for primary-age children and non-diagnostic Learning Literacy Assessments for children under eight.
• When we send you an assessment report for your child, we include a personal letter to your child from the assessor, explaining the outcome of the assessment in a way they will understand.
• Helen Arkell is a widely respected name in the world of dyslexia and education. Teachers have confidence in an assessment report’s findings and recommendations.
• You will benefit from a wide range of follow-up services including specialist tuition, parents’ and children’s courses and a range of books and learning resources to help with home study.
We want everyone to be able to access dyslexia support. We offer bursary funding for our dyslexia assessments and some other services to low-income families. We also offer the option to pay for a dyslexia assessment in instalments.
By choosing Helen Arkell, you are helping us to support other children and adults with dyslexia.
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