Hello everyone! It's been a busy few weeks here, juggling tutoring, the ever-growing demands of raising my little one, and trying to keep up with the endless changes in the world of education. If you are anything like me, you are probably feeling that familiar term-time fatigue creeping in. Today, I want to talk about something incredibly important, especially for those of you with teenagers: navigating secondary education and GCSEs when your child has diagnosed dyslexia. The transition from the relatively nurtured environment of primary school into the secondary curriculum is a massive leap. Suddenly, the sheer volume of reading, the complexity of academic language, the velocity of instruction, and the demand for autonomous organisational skills increase exponentially. For a student with dyslexia, this academic environment introduces multifaceted challenges that extend far beyond foundational reading and spelling. We are talking about working memory bottlenecks, processing speed d...
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