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Red Rose School
 
  • Track 1 Sionnah Lannen - Psychologist and Head talks about the way the school is designed to identify each child's individual learning styles and needs. Note how she focuses on issues of self-esteem.
  • Track 2 Tennile Kaylor - Newly Qualified Teacher now knows she can do it! For her dyslexia is demystified.  With the support of school staff she has great satisfaction working with and improving the life chances of her pupils.
  • Track 3 Tom - pupil at Red Rose School.  Tom talks about the value of being in a school which values him as a dyslexic individual and helps him progress. He compares this with his previous unhappy and unsuccessful experiences.  
  • Track 4 Philip - pupil, followed by Colin Lannen,Director.  Philip notes that at last he feels like school is for him as comfortable as being at home. He notes his developing self-respect and achievements which are all the more acute following severe bullying experienced at his previous school.Colin notes how Philip's creative talents were identified and how the school made an effort to take him to national competitions where he did very well. The school focuses on developing the children's abilities whilst supporting their difficulties.
  • Track 5 Parent of Ben, Red Rose school. This mother talks of her agonising experiences as parent of a child who is misunderstood and frustrated. She makes the link between frustration, low self-esteem and behavioural difficuites. She also tells how different it can be. When parents put pressure on schools, we must listen.

Pen-Y-Fro School

  • Track 6 Sue Gray - Headteacher.  Sue explains how they want the best for each individual child. She has ensured that all staff, teachers and learning Support Assistants have experienced in-service training and others are qualified. She believes that early identification and selection for support ensure that problems are dealt with promptly and effectively. She ensures that her staff are in good communication with parents and that they support each other. 
  • Track 7 Sarah White, class teacher, Pen-y-fro school.  Sarah explains the process she uses to engage all the children in developing their oral and written language using a whole class approach. Each child has his/her needs identified and makes progress using methods suitable for dyslexic children. 
  • Track 8 Parent of Ryan, Pen-y-fro school. This mother talks of the need to identify chidlren very early and give them support in school. She is very happy with the programme that her child's school offers and the communication and caring shown to parents by the school.

Lynch Hill School

  • Track 9 Denise Star - SENCO speaks of the decision to employ dyslexia strategies for the whole school. These methodologies are used for the whole-class as well as for small groups and individuals. Everyone has benefited.

Mathematics and Specific learning Difficulties

  • Track 10  Dorian Yeo - Specialist in Maths & SpLD.  In this section, Dorian takes theory and turns it into effective practice.
  • This link will download a ZIP archive of all of the above files, but please be aware that this ZIP archive is very large (37Mb) and may take a long time to download on a slow link
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