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Assistive Technology Overview with John Hicks- FREE Webinar
At CodeBreakers we have been very lucky to meet a wealth of professionals who specialise in many overlapping specific learning difficulties and others which offer services. John Hicks is a great friend of CodeBreakers and together we organise SEN Jigsaw conference. ...
read moreCodeBreakers Reading and Spelling Tests
At CodeBreakers, we've now started our pilot study in schools, to evaluate the effectiveness of of CodeBreakers, a systematic synthetic phonics programme which uses multi-sensory strategies. Part of the evaluation is to establish baseline starting points of all our...
read moreSEN Jigsaw 2019 – announcing workshops
We had fantastic feedback from this year's 2018 SEN Jigsaw. You can watch our video here. Who is SEN Jigsaw for? We are now pleased to announce 2019 workshops and plenary speakers. If you're and education professional working within SEN/SPLDs and would like informal...
read moreThe phonics debate- learning to read systematic synthetic phonics V phonics in context
I've recently watched a fabulous debate on systematic synthetic phonics V phonics in context and whole word reading development of literacy skills. The debate at the Australia College of Education was opened by Education Minister, Rob Stokes. The Education Minister...
read moreSEN Jigsaw 2019- Dyscalculia and Autism Plenary Speakers
It seems such a long time ago that we hosted SEN Jigsaw 2018 and had such wonderful feedback from professionals and parents who attended. We hope you've seen our taster video? Keep a look out in this article for our video. This year we are really excited to welcome...
read moreHow to build confidence in fine and gross motor skills for children with dyspraxia and hypermobility
Physical Difficulties Support Service (PDSS) established in September 2017 is now offering a new programme, 'Busy Bodies' to help with fine and gross motor skills for children with dyspaxia, hypermobility and other related learning difficulties. Anne at PDSS, is an...
read moreSEN Jigsaw -What will SENCos and Educational Professionals gain?
The aim of SEN Jigsaw is to solve the puzzle of overlapping learning difficulties. We know that so often educational professionals see identify their students are not progressing, often literacy is the first and foremost marker which raises concern. However...
read moreAuditory Processing & Dyslexia – How to get assessed and exam concessions
As a dyslexia assessor and tutor it often becomes clear when working with students, that there is something more than dyslexia. Often I identify that a student struggles to understand instructions or has difficulty processing sounds, sometimes they will drop sounds...
read moreHow can Yoga and Holistic Therapies help with Learning Difficulties?
Recently I met Melissa Palmer of Magic Heart Holistics and she shared how invaluable holistic therapies are for children with learning difficulties. Melissa is a Holistic Therapist and works with adults and children to find ways to help them heal in a way that is...
read moreCPD-Take the poll for educational professionals
Did you know that SEN Jigsaw 2018 is now offering informal CPD certificates to all our educational professionals? We know that it's difficult to cover all aspects of overlapping learning difficulties such as; Complex Lanaguage Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia Autism...
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