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How drawing can improve reading and spelling?
Can drawing improve reading and spelling skills? Yes!!! At CodeBreakers, we’ve been using a reading card technique, to help with automated recognition of sounds in isolation, for over 10 years and students have always been asked to draw a picture on the reverse...
CodeBreakers message to readers and FREE CodeBreakers resources coming soon
At the moment we are all experiencing difficult times. You may be a parent struggling with educating your child at home, you made be a teacher or TA required to provide work for your students and struggling to find appropriate resources. It's difficult as not all...
Changing the thought bubble- Mindful Dyslexia 3
In my previous blog I summarised the impact of negative thoughts. I mentioned how simply changing 'I can’t’ to ‘I can’ isn’t the simplest answer. Importantly for me, I feel implementing consequences for anxiety based ‘poor behaviour’ related to learning difficulties,...
Anxiety in young people – is it related to SpLDs?
An interview with Laura Graham - Occupational Therapist. Laura will be presenting her workshop at SEN Jigsaw on 6th June 2020 in Stoke on Trent. In the meantime, continuing on my own theme of anxiety, I wanted to chat to her about anxiety in young people. How it...
How negative thoughts impact us -2 Mindful Dyslexia
In my first blog, I introduced the concept of ‘Thinking creates feeling and feeling creates thinking’. Of course I'm not a trained counselor or therapist but have had 20 years experience of suffering anxiety and researching into how I could help myself. I'm only...
The Power of Negative Thoughts – Introducing Mindful Dyslexia -1
Georgina Smith-Author of CodeBreakers Have you ever considered how powerful your thoughts can be and how they can influence your own day? Now imagine your students' day or your own child's day, particularly if they are struggling in school with literacy. We can't...
Black Friday – up to 20% discount on CodeBreakers. SEN Jigsaw discount tickets.
This week, CodeBreakers would like to offer 20% discount to all schools who wish to buy their first year CodeBreakers licence. QUOTE: BFSCHOOL20-2019 Any school wishing to place their first order with us will receive 20% discount off any of our licences. That means...
Dyspraxia – Would you like to know more? Training Webinar- Tuesday 26th November 2019
Are you an education professional or parent looking to learn more about Dyspraxia (DCD)? Would you like training in the comfort of your own home or office? Together with Laura Graham, Occupational Therapist, CodeBreakers will be offering the second in our OT webinar...
Would you like to know more about Sensory Processing?
Would you like to know more about sensory processing and how it affects your learners or child? We have an online webinar presented by Occupational Therapist Laura Graham. You can complete the webinar in the comfort of your own home, or watch the recording again...
7-13 October UK Dyslexia Awareness Week – CodeBreakers Discount
It's been a long time since I've written an article, as I've been busy preparing the training for all the schools joining CodeBreakers pilot study in schools, 2019-2020. It's Dyslexia Awareness week. This year's Dyslexia Awareness Week (7-13th October) theme is...
Help your students with Dyslexia, read and spell, for less than £19 a year!
Of course the students using CodeBreakers don't have to have a Dyslexia diagnosis, some have for one reason of another, despite several types of intervention, not been able to develop effective reading and spelling skills. CodeBreakers has now been trialed in UK...