This week the Princess of Wales delivered a speech on the results of research on early childhood, organised by her Royal Foundation’s Centre for Early Childhood. She said, “Nurturing skills that enable us to know ourselves, manage our emotions, focus
The Snow Report
The Snow Report to parents by Pamela Snow is about how children are taught to read. It is directed at Australian parents, but the situation is similar in most English speaking countries, including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the
A Case of No Right to Read in Scotland – by Professor Linda Siegel
In Scotland, a young child attended an accredited Dyslexia Friendly School (DFS) and immediately started struggling to learn how to read. The child was attentive, well behaved, and hardworking but made little progress in learning to read. After 3 years of struggling,