Finding Your Voice with Dyslexia/SpLD

Finding Your Voice with Dyslexia/SpLD is an essential guide to living with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties (SpLD). The book provides readers with a practical guide to expressing and developing ideas and feelings. Uniquely designed for dyslexic/SpLD readers, this book discusses individual functions and will help enable those addressed to: understand how they think, know what they can do to maintain clear thinking, know how they can positively contribute to any situation in which they find themselves. When people with SpLD find their voice, they gain the self-esteem and confidence to tackle all elements of life (study, employment, general living), and to negotiate successfully with those around them. The book contains stories, insights, examples, tips and exercises, presented in a user-friendly way throughout. The book has also been designed for non-linear reading, and each chapter also includes a "dipping-in" section to guide the reader. As well as providing vital assistance for people with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties, this book will benefit anyone supporting, living, or working with dyslexic/SpLD people by helping them to understand more about the dyslexic/SpLD world.

Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Useful Preface; Chapter 1: Living Confidently; Chapter 2: About the Mind; Chapter 3: Using the Mind; Chapter 4: Thinking Preferences; Chapter 5: Thinking Clearly; Appendix 1: Resources; Appendix 2: Individual, Personal Profile of Dyslexia/SpLD and Regime for Managing Dyslexia/SpLD; Appendix 3: Key Concepts; Appendix 4: Group Work; Glossary; Index

Ginny Stacey discovered she was dyslexic in her 20s. She is a nationally-recognised expert in the study of dyslexia/SpLD. Committed to helping other dyslexic people achieve their potential, she has developed a range of highly effective techniques for supporting dyslexic students that are now widely used in universities and colleges. Ginny developed the dyslexia support system at Oxford Brookes University from 1991-2004 and held a post at Oxford University from 2005-2007. She has been a freelance dyslexia consultant since 1991. Sally Fowlerdiscovered she was dyslexic in her 40s. She is an approved teacher for the British Dyslexia Association, with an M.A. in special education, and has taught dyslexic children in schools and students at university. Sally taught at the Unicorn School in Abingdon, then a specialist school for dyslexia, and is a member of BDA and the Oxford SpLD Tutor Group. Since 2007, she has been a freelance support tutor and assisting with these books.