My daughter jumps every time the vacuum cleaner goes on. She is scared of going to places where there is an electric hand drier, and she cries when there is an abrupt loud noise.

I am so confused because I take him to the optician to get his eye checked regularly….

Dyslexic people see the world differently.

The feeling we are connected to others makes us feel safe in ourselves

Learning is not something children do at school, parents are their best teachers.

Problem solving can be the hardest of challenges for many children.

Do you ever have that itch to jump to the next most fascinating book and can't wait to finish the current book, regardless of how good it is?

Can you do the  ‘The Floss dance?’

It should not be difficult for schools to implement a good, systematic phonics programme…

The moment the sheet with the printed Sudoku puzzle is pulled out of the folder, a smile appears on my student’s face.

A parent came to me, shocked to hear the evaluation for her daughter.

Some children learn better when doing a practical thing, rather than thinking deeply or reading about it. The act of ‘doing’ helps some children remember the task at hand.

In November 2017 I met Eemaan, a sparkly bright four-year-old with a diagnosis of Downs Syndrome, for the very first time.

I have always been aware of the sound of my monotone voice.

Do you write with your left or right hand? This is a preference your brain and body has decided is the strongest for this particular task, it is your 'dominant hand'.

I was watching one of my students write the other day, and noticed countless problems with her seated position, her pencil grip, and how she was obscuring the sentence with her hand as she wrote. The effort was enormous on her part.