In today’s episode we focus on Dyslexia and Sarah Evans shares her strategies and approaches to teaching children with Dyslexia and gives us an insight into what it feels like being a dyslexic woman herself.

She speaks about the visual mind, the importance of movement and barefoot running to positively impact working memory and shares a variety of resources that can easily be used to help children with dyslexia learn to love learning. In our conversation Sarah discusses the mainstream school experience and considers ways this could be tweaked in order to better meet the needs of neurodiverse children such as those with dyslexia. She busts some myths about dyslexia to better help us understand how to help those we support with dyslexia and better understand our own ways of seeing and interpreting the world.

Sarah Evans teaches at a specialist dyslexic school named Flexi-School Dyslexia in Kent in the UK, where learning is designed to nurture children diagnosed with dyslexia,  and co-occuring issues. At Flexi-School Dyslexia they believe that it is essential to deal with the approach to learning as well as filling the gaps in learning for each and every individual. 

Sarah was raised between London and Lagos, Nigeria, and is now  based in Kent. Through her socially engaged creative practice and critical  pedagogy Sarah’s passion for teaching and learning opens spaces for holistic, creative  education that centers neurodivergence, inclusion, and most of all fun!

British Dyslexia Association
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/support-us/awareness-events/dyslexia-awareness-week#:~:text=From%202nd%20to%208th%20October,backgrounds%20and%20walks%20of%20life.

Nip in the Bud - Where to get help

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