Dyslexia Explored

#34 The education system and dyslexia: A view from the inside and outside. Chrissie Grant


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 And this episode Chrissie Grant shares how she began as a support worker and then branched out into becoming a private education mentor.

We cover things like:

Acting

The state system

How schools wait for teenagers to fail

The transition from junior school to high school

How there’s a gap between academic tutoring and therapeutic tutoring

How she’s encountered so many students who think they can’t do things because they’re dyslexic

Bringing Hope to people who aren’t positive about their specialized thinking

One of the biggest challenges is helping people within the systems understand the advantages of Neurodiversity

Building up the link between students home and school

How parents often feel let down by the system, yet teachers themselves feel let down by the system because they can’t help the children the way they want to.

How seeing children get hooked on learning is like a drug for Chrissie and is a great reward

Sharing her own experience of dyspraxia and how affects her work life

Advice to her teacher teenage self “life is long”. Enjoy the journey you don’t have to get to the party too soon

Advice to herself as a parent in the future. Listen hard to your child and have mindless optimism.

 Links you might like to check out: 

  • Website: http://ese.org.uk/ 
  • Uniquely Human : https://www.amazon.com/Uniquely-Human-Different-Seeing-Autism-ebook/dp/B00P42X22C 
  • Multiple Intelligence use your strengths fb group: https://www.facebook.com/multipletypesofintelligence/ 
  • Google keep: https://keep.google.com/ Google calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r 
  • All the apps in call Scotland: https://www.callscotland.org.uk/home/ 
  • Get ivvi notes now: ⁠⁠⁠https://ivvi.dev/⁠⁠⁠ 
  • Dyslexia productivity coaching?: ⁠⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠⁠ 
  • Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠⁠
  • Bulletmap Academy:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com⁠⁠⁠
  • How to Mindmap: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/courses⁠⁠⁠  
  • Ai and Mindmapping Training: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.ivvi.app/ai-mindmapping⁠⁠⁠ 
  • Interested in being a guest? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠
  • Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/education-system/
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