Category Archives: Dyspraxia

Over the years, Dyspraxia has several names, and can also be called: ‘Developmental Dyspraxia’ or ‘Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)’.
Dyspraxia affects between 5 percent and 10 perent of the population. Students with dyspraxia may have difficulties with the simplest of tasks: developmental milestones are often delayed; fine and gross motor skills are affected; threading beads; tying shoelaces; balancing; riding a bike; catching a ball.

TV and tablets blamed for thousands of children’s lack of basic development skills

Posted on 08/11/2012 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

‘Lazy’ lifestyles mean our overprotected children fail to learn basic development skills such as crawling, by the time they start school Thousands of children are starting school without [..]

Dyspraxia, Pre-Schoolers, Reading ,

Can chewing gum make your brainier?

Posted on 29/03/2012 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

Can chewing gum make your brainier? That’s the claim of researchers at Coventry University.  They say that chewing gum; mint flavoured, decreases feelings of tiredness. Other research in [..]

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Taining Courses, Dyspraxia, Left-Handers, Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), Schools, General

BDA petition – dyslexia training should be part of Teacher Training

Posted on 25/03/2012 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 1

The British Dyslexia Association (B.D.A.) has launched a petition to the government requesting that sufficient dyslexia training be provided as part of Initial Teacher Training. We need 100,000 [..]

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD)

Demand-fed babies ‘have higher IQ’

Posted on 19/03/2012 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

Babies who are fed on demand are more likely to have a higher IQ and perform better at school, according to new research. The study suggests that eight-year-olds [..]

Dyspraxia

What is backward chaining, can it teach your ADHD child?

Posted on 02/02/2012 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

What is backward chaining and how can it help teach your ADHD child? Read on: How one mom used backward chaining to teach her ADHD child — slowly, [..]

Dyspraxia

IT behind ‘astounding’ gains in spelling age

Posted on 31/01/2012 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 4

IT behind ‘astounding’ gains in spelling age five-year mission yields top results and may be extended over East Renfrewshire An East Renfrewshire teacher’s five-year quest to improve pupils’ [..]

Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia

‘Not the same bedtime story again’? Why?

Posted on 29/10/2011 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

‘Not the same bedtime story again’?  Why? Repeating children’s stories boosts their vocabulary Children who demand the same story be read to them over and over maybe learning [..]

Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Taining Courses, Dyspraxia, Schools, General

A Review of The Dyscalculia Assessment

Posted on 19/10/2011 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

A Review of The Dyscalculia Assessment Emerson, Jane and Babtie, Patricia.(2010)The Dyscalulia Assessment (London: Continuum International Publishing Group. This volume is more than just a way to assess [..]

Dyspraxia

Thumbs Up to Michael Gove for reducing the schools ’elf ‘n’ safety’ rulebook

Posted on 08/10/2011 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

Thumbs Up to: Education Secretary Michael Gove for reducing the schools ’elf ‘n’ safety’ rulebook from 150 pages to just eight – scrapping daft regulations like having to [..]

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Taining Courses, Dyspraxia, Left-Handers, Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), Schools, General

Can Alternative Therapies help Dyslexia? Yes or No?

Posted on 18/09/2011 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 1

Can alternative therapies help dyslexia?  Yes or No? More information in my book:  Alternative Therapies and Dyslexia:  http://www.dyslexiaa2z.com/maria_chivers/alternative_therapies/book.html

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Health