Dec 2, 2015 | DM Case Studies, DM News Blog
Mark enrolled on the Easyread programme at the age of 11. A difficulty in understanding phonics meant that both his reading and spelling were affected. Mark would often miss words out and replace them with substitute words. For example, “in” or “the” would often...
Oct 29, 2014 | Child Reviews, DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
Before Easyread, getting Harry to read anything was a real battle. He would skip words, use the pictures in books for clues, and stumble over even the simplest words. On one day he would read quite well, but on another he would be awful. His spelling was atrocious...
Jun 27, 2014 | DM News Blog
I recently stumbled across an Internet gem that has been floating around teacher blogs for a while. A teacher named David Didau came up with it and calls it “slow writing”. Here’s how he describes it: “I first came up with the idea when...
Apr 1, 2014 | DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
The Problem 58 year old Paul was in a serious motorcycle accident several years ago that left him with whiplash and various physical and cognitive injuries. He lost the ability to read along with other executive functions. Reading was particularly problematic, as he...
Mar 19, 2014 | Child Reviews, DM Case Studies, DM News Blog, Parent Reviews
The Problem Moving from the UK to Australia at the start of 2011 had some obvious challenges for Tom in terms of adjusting to a new school, a different curriculum, and also a new country. Initially things seemed OK, despite the fact that he was clearly behind his twin...
