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Have you seen ‘The Writing Framework’ (2025) as published this week? Politics aside, from an SpLD assessment point of view, it is good to see that alongside phonics, and due to the…

We in the UK are not the only ones moving forward with dyscalculia. The European Dyslexia Association, is not only going to change its name to include dyscalculia, but it has produced…

What a fantastic 3 days at the European Dyslexia Association conference in Athens! So many things to think about. Here’s part 1 of my musings: The Delphi definition of dyslexia, gives us Table 4:…

We have often discussed the ‘Matthew effect’ in dyslexia. This phrase is used to describe the ever-widening gap in reading skills that develop from the small gap which might exist very early…

I attended a dyscalculia conference organised by Positive Dyslexia, in conjunction with Edge Hill University. It was wonderful to be surrounded like-minded individuals wanting to find out more about dyscalculia! What a…

Wednesday 17th May was national numeracy day. To find out more, please see dyscalculia network facebook page and https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk. Therefore, it was a good week to have the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) conference on…

I have been asked this lots of times: will my reports be accepted by the school or the local authority? I am so pleased that this has popped up from the amazing…

So proud to the part of this amazing team, helping parents and teachers find support for those struggling with all aspects of maths. Check out this rogue gallery of all these amazing…

I am very excited to be presenting at the dyscalculia conference in conjunction with EdgeHill University and Positive Dyslexia. I am presenting a one hour SASC approved course on using the Woodcock…

When PATOSS asked me to write a course about dyscalculia, it took me a while to think about what I could do. So where to start? I have been reading a lot…

I have been using this test for one year now; here are my personal musings. What do you think of it? Are you considering using it? https://educationaccess.co.uk/woodcock-johnson-iv/

SASC guidance, that may have been missed about omitting the SDMT when testing: please see: https://educationaccess.co.uk/symbol-digit-modalities-test-sdmt/

Having read this article questioning the existence of dyslexia, I understand his opinion about the inequality of diagnosis (and one that I grapple with) but in trying to formulate my response about…

In my role as an APC assessor, I have found there are many common errors that are made when submitting a report for a submission for APC, when marked against the marking…

In my role as an APC assessor, I have found there are many common errors that are made when submitting a report for a submission for APC, when marked against the marking…

In my role as an APC assessor, I have found there are many common errors that are made when submitting a report for a submission for APC, when marked against the marking…

In my role as an APC assessor, I have found there are many common errors that are made when submitting a report for a submission for APC, when marked against the marking…

In my role as an APC assessor, I have found there are many common errors that are made when submitting a report for a submission for APC, when marked against the marking…

In my role as an APC assessor, I have found there are many common errors that are made when submitting a report for a submission for APC. The first one is the…

#BDAdyscalculia The BDA maths conference reinforced the idea that when investigating dyscalculia we are looking for that core deficit in estimating the number of objects in a set and the link between…

I wonder if this updated book has been missed amidst all the upheaval of the last few months. I have put some thoughts together on what has been updated- thought it may…

I came across this for online teaching for maths: Online manipulatives. American, so ignore the money ones, but generally very usable. https://toytheater.com/category/teacher-tools/virtual-manipulatives/