Parenting Dyslexia Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, Parent Coach and Therapeutic Counsellor, John Hicks shares three tips for parents who want to feel empowered to control the process of getting support in place for their child’s attainment.

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The Studying With Dyslexia Blog is one of the UK’s leading blogs providing inspiration and information to the supporters of dyslexic learners covering Education, Mental Wellbeing and Assistive Technology.  Lots of free resources and useful information as you develop your understanding of the world of dyslexia.

As parents there is a problem with asking for 'Dyslexia Support' for our children.  We are using two VERY vague words that mean nothing without using them in the context of an essential piece of information.  Find out more in this video.  Want to develop your own plan of action to ensure that your child gets what they need to be able to unlock their potential in school?  

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In this episode of the Parenting Dyslexia Podcast I want to explore the concept of psychological projection, and how we can avoid hampering our children’s emotional development by keeping our own ability to ‘project’ in check.

2021 has started with uncertainty about school closures due to COVID-19. The tier system is causing us as parents to adapt to more change and whilst hope is on the horizon with vaccines coming online, we still need to manage how we as parents cope with now, whilst supporting our children.

These changes and the uncertainty that comes with managing change will produce a range of emotional responses for all the members of the family, but the intensity of these emotional responses will undoubtedly be exacerbated by experiencing dyslexia or other special educational needs.

As parents, we will address these emotional responses in our own way, but we could run the risk of inappropriately addressing the emotional responses (and behaviour) of our children because of something that everyone does subconsciously, psychological projection.

In this episode I will share with you a tip that the dyslexic learner in your family can use to take better notes in class, be able to remember more and improve grades, all by using technology that your leaner is probably already using.  This tip will make note taking less stressful, more enjoyable and make learning more engaging.

It is September 2020 and this week children are going back to school whilst the Pandemic continues.  For a child with dyslexia school maybe stressful enough and now there is this added stress.  As parents we will be anxious about how our children are feeling and will want to do our utmost to support our children.  In this episode, Parenting Coach, John Hicks shares his thoughts on what parents could do to help their child as they face the current challenges of getting back to school.

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In a recent survey 64% of the parents participating said that they felt guilty about their child's dyslexia.  In the same survey 89% of those participants reported that their children experienced poor self-esteem as a result of their dyslexia.  If dyslexia is often running in the family should we feel guilty as parents who may have passed the condition and resultant experiences to our children?  Or is our guilt more related to our own childhood experience?  Parenting Coach, John Hicks explores this topics and suggests some tips for managing those guilty feelings.

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Today is the 13th August 2020 and it is A-Level Results Day here in the UK.  With 2020 being such an unprecedented year and with our dyslexic learners not having to take their end of A-Level exams despite preparing for them, there will be mixed feelings for our learners as well as for us as parents.

In this episode I challenge parents to think about how they are feeling about today and how do those feelings affect how you empower your son or daughter?

Want to talk about this?  Join the Parenting Dyslexia Community of more than 2000 members and contact me to arrange a time to talk about what's happening for you emotionally and how you can support your child to unlock their potential.

www.parentingdyslexia.co.uk/welcome

Or visit my blog for articles about studying with dyslexia based on education, mental well-being and assistive technology:

www.studyingwithdyslexiablog.co.uk

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Parenting and neurodiversity coach, John Hicks, explores how a change of perspective about dyslexia for a child, can help boost self-esteem.

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Parenting Coach, John Hicks interviews specialist education solicitor, Nicole Lee from SEN Legal about the legal rights of parents who are looking for support for their dyslexic children in school.  Nicole answers questions on SEN Support, Reasonable Adjustments and Education and Health Care Assessments.

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3 Ways To Help A Child Open Up About Their Dyslexia.

As parents we only want to help our children and sometimes when we are trying to help we may be faced with a barrier to delivering help - our children clamming up!

It’s really hard to help when the one that we one to help won’t tell us about what is bothering them.  Are we as parents doing something wrong?

Of course not, you care deeply for your child, but it’s possible that you are simply not setting the right conditions for your child to open up.  I elaborate more in my video but the key three points are …

Don’t ask them about their dyslexia straight after school.

Make time for you and your child to have fun together and increase the probability of them opening up.

When they open up…Listen and don’t react with tonnes of emotion.

You really need to watch the whole video to understand more about what I am talking about.

If you would like to talk more about parenting your child and supporting their dyslexia then why don’t you assess how far you have come and what you need to do next with my free Parenting Dyslexia Diagnostic.  10 questions designed to get you to reflect on the journey so far.  Once completed, book yourself a 15 minute meeting with me to discuss your next steps.  

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