One of the key problems that many pupils and students with short term memory problems have is that of fully comprehending the concept of time. The memory problems can manifest themselves in terms of dyslexia or dyscalculia, but in both cases they can be accompanied by difficulties in reading a clock, understanding bus or train [...]
Visual Stress affects at least one fifth of the population, causing visual distortions and physical discomfort. Many Visual Stress sufferers are dyslexic. Research confirms that reading speeds and understanding increase, sometimes dramatically, when the page is tinted with colour*. Crossbow Education have developed an extensive range of Visual Stress support and assessment resources, using the [...]
One of the questions that has interested me considerably over time is how one moves away from the intense practice on individual issues in reading into incorporating them into general practice of use of the language. It may of course just be me, but I know from experience that I can spend hours with some [...]
Research in recent years has shown that children with dyscalculia can be taught maths if certain specific points in their understanding of maths are addressed. If this approach can be followed by the adoption of particular methods of teaching by the teacher and methods of learning by the pupils, then these children can readily reach [...]
For what I believe is the first time ever the Advertising Standards Authority, the organisation that oversees advertising in the UK, and checks that it doesn’t go beyond the bounds of reasonable behaviour, has said that making fun of dyslexics is not acceptable. They were called in to adjudicate on an advert for a student’s [...]
Building group trust or self confidence, to teach self awareness, body awareness and self-expression. Sometimes there is a book that simply offers what it says it offers – and this is one case in point. It is a book of lesson plans for teachers who wish to work using drama with children with special needs. [...]
Somewhere between one in five and one in 20 children are believed to have such profound problems in understanding basic maths that the child can reasonably be called “dyscalculic”. Although there might be some doubt about the numbers involved there is certainly no doubt that dyscalculia is a special need that affects a large number [...]
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD) refer to a range of problem behaviours associated with poor attention span. Research which was reported at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Liverpool, showed that even now, many years after the acceptance of ADHD as a real problem [...]
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Enhancing progress for dyslexic pupils While regular work with dyslexic pupils and students using the multi-sensory method is vital, it is also important to give those with dyslexia breaks from the routine of these lessons. The introduction of new material in a game format, for example, at the end of each lesson can make the [...]
While regular work with dyslexic pupils and students using the multi-sensory method is vital, it is also important to give those with dyslexia breaks from the routine of these lessons. The introduction of new material in a game format, for example, at the end of each lesson, can make the process of overcoming dyslexia seem [...]
Overcoming short term memory problems One of the key problems that many pupils and students with short term memory problems have, is that of fully comprehending the concept of time. The memory problems can manifest themselves in terms of dyslexia or dyscalculia, but in both cases they can be accompanied by difficulties in reading a [...]
While I like to think of myself as something of an expert on one or two special needs areas, and competent on a number of others, there are (perhaps inevitably) a number of areas where I feel the need for extra information before I jump in. For example, if I am presented with a child [...]
Dyscalculic pupils have a significant problem understanding mathematical concepts. These pupils can learn their way around maths if they are taught in a specific multi-sensory manner. Our book Practical Activities for Children with Dyscalculia uses this technique to teach such pupils the concepts of number and the four basic functions of mathematics. It is now [...]
Attention Deficit Disorder is a most distressing condition for parents to deal with – especially if they don’t fully understand what is going on. As we all know, if we have ever had an ADHD student in the class, those who suffer from the condition find it hard to concentrate, are often hyperactive, and generally [...]
The Schools Minister in England Vernon Coaker has said that although school surplus balances have fallen for the first time since 2002-03 there are still schools holding back money that they should be spending. Just over 7,000 schools have surpluses over the allowed limit and if these are carried forward into 2009/10 they are in [...]
Schools Secretary Ed Balls and money expert Martin Lewis today stressed the importance of children learning about money matters so that they learn the best way to save money and how to pick financial products like mortgages and pensions. But little thought seems to have been given to those children who suffer from dyscalculia – [...]
No one quite knows how many people suffer from short term memory problems. What we do know is that anyone who suffers from such problems is very likely to suffer from dyslexia and/or dyscalculia. Indeed even if dyslexia and dyscalculia are not evident then the individual will quite possibly have some difficulty with either maths [...]
When a student finds it hard to tell the time… One of the key problems that many pupils and students with short term memory problems have, is that of fully comprehending the concept of time. The memory problems can manifest themselves in terms of dyslexia or dyscalculia, but in both cases they can be accompanied [...]
Drama for Students with Special Needs Building group trust or self confidence, to teach self awareness, body awareness and self-expression. Sometimes there is a book that simply offers what it says it offers – and to me this looks like one case in point. It is a book of lesson plans for teachers who wish [...]
Articles by Tony Attwood published in SEN Magazine
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