The Learning Differences Handbook

Articles to make you better teachers and educational leaders

#1
Who is qualified to test
your child for a specific
learning difficulty (SpLD)?
What happens if I choose
the wrong person?
#2
17 Ways teachers can support
a student with learning difficulties
#3
What is school like for a
child with learning difficulties?
#4
6 Reasons you need to meet with your child’s teachers at the start of every school year when your child has a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)
#5
5+1 Reasons a child may be
struggling to learn 
#6
How a truckie became one
of Australia's richest men
#7
How to tell and what to do if
working memory isn’t working
#8
7 Ways to motivate your
students to succeed
#9
Phonics works: Sounding out words
is the best way to teach reading,
study suggests
#10
Reading comprehension: Do they
get what they are reading?
#11
The problem with using
scientific evidence in education
(Why teachers should stop trying
to be more like doctors) 
#12
The role of phonics
in reading and writing