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The Schools Guide to Dyslexia
A practical, evidence-informed guide to the technology that actually helps dyslexic learners, covering reading, spelling, writing, memory and more. I co-authored it, and it is free to download.
Six skill areas, dozens of solutions
Phonological awareness
Tools that strengthen sound recognition, blending and segmenting. These are the building blocks of literacy, and the area most closely tied to dyslexia itself.
Verbal memory
Apps that support working memory capacity, so learners can hold instructions, retain vocabulary and follow a lesson without losing the thread.
Verbal processing
Resources that help learners interpret spoken language, take part in discussion, and build oracy alongside literacy.
Spelling
Multisensory and mnemonic tools that reinforce the link between sounds and the letters that represent them, and build spelling that lasts.
Reading
Structured programmes, from free games through to interventions backed by randomised controlled trials, with demonstrated gains in reading age for struggling readers.
Writing
Assistive tools and stimulus platforms that reduce cognitive load, so dyslexic learners can get their best thinking onto the page.
Why it takes a skills-led approach
Around one in ten learners in the UK are dyslexic, so this is not a small group in any school. The guide is organised by skill rather than by product, because the useful question is never which app is best. It is what a particular learner is finding hard, and what will help with that.
What you get
Clear, actionable strategies and a toolkit of evidence-informed technology to support dyslexic learners, so they can access the curriculum, build confidence and do well in the classroom.
It is written for the person who has to make it work on a Tuesday morning: teachers, teaching assistants and SENCos, rather than procurement teams.
Before you click
The guide is hosted by the publisher rather than on this site, and you download it by giving them your email address. It is free, and you are giving your details to them rather than to me.
Want the training that goes with it?
I deliver half-day INSET and bespoke CPD on dyslexia, dyscalculia and SEND, shaped around your staff and your setting. Get in touch and I'll reply within 48 hours.