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Podcasts and interviews
If you would rather hear how I think than read it, this is the quickest way. Most of these are conversations rather than presentations, and several cover the ground I care about most: the link between dyslexia and mental health, and what a diagnosis does to how you see yourself.
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Our Dyslexic ConnectionHelen's StoryMy own story, told properly: school, the assessment that explained a lot, and what came after.Watch on YouTube
Dyslexia Explored, episode 174Dyslexia, ADHD, identity and labels: taking controlWith Darius Namdaran and Jo Lee, on masking and the mental load girls carry, what labels do, when they help, and what it means to take control of your own.Watch on YouTube
re:think dyslexiaDyslexia, ADHD and workplace inclusionA short film on living and working with dyslexia and ADHD in education, the strengths they bring, and what makes a workplace genuinely inclusive.Watch on YouTube
re:think dyslexia, episode 85Dyslexia Unplugged: Conversations Across ContinentsWith Dr Shae Wissell in Australia, comparing how dyslexia is understood and supported on opposite sides of the world. We met during my Churchill Fellowship.Watch on YouTube
SucceedWithDyslexiaNavigating mental health and dyslexia in your educational journeyOn the connection between specific learning difficulties and wellbeing, and what it takes to get through education with both intact.Watch on YouTube
Adult Network for Neurodiversity and DyslexiaNeurodiversity insights and my journeySession 12 of the adult network run by the Adult Dyslexia Centre and its partners. An open conversation about my own journey and what I have learned along the way.Watch on YouTube
Dyslexia A2ZDysgraphia: the underdog of the dysses?A talk on why dysgraphia is less formally recognised than other specific learning difficulties, where assessment falls short, and what would help in the classroom.Watch on YouTube
Dyslexic Life with Jo ReesDr Helen Ross and dysgraphiaA short interview after my conference talk on dysgraphia: what it is and how it shows up.Watch on YouTube
Catching up with Sarah and GinnySarah catches up with Dr Helen RossOn how the definition of dyslexia is changing, my current research, and why feedback, inclusion and compassion matter in education.Watch on YouTube
GL EducationSEND Searchlights, January 2025Continuing the conversation about dyslexia, and answering questions sent in by the audience.Watch on YouTube
SEN in TenSEN in Ten with Dr Helen RossTen minutes with Darren on special educational needs and dyslexia.Watch on YouTube
Blossom4LifeDoctor's tips on dyslexiaWith Una, on what an assessment involves, reading, anxiety in students, and practical tips for parents.Watch on YouTube
SEND in the Experts with Georgina DurrantDyslexia Screening Bill specialAlongside Matt Hancock and Sharon Hodgson, on the proposed bill to screen every child for dyslexia by the end of primary school.Watch on YouTube
Positive Dyslexia masterclassBreaking down barriers in mental healthMy own lived experience of mental health, and why it matters to talk about it openly.Watch on YouTube
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The SENDcast
Dyslexia and mental health
With Dale Pickles, on dyslexia and specific learning difficulties, and why the wellbeing cost is so often bigger than the academic one.
The SENDcast
Identifying dyslexia and why it matters
Back on The SENDcast, on why identifying dyslexia matters: when children understand why some things are harder for them, they are far less likely to decide they are stupid.
The SENDcast
Whole life mental health meanderings
A wandering conversation about mental health across a whole life, rather than just the school years.
The SENDcast
SENDcast Spotlight
My first episode with The SENDcast, introducing who I am and what I do.
Practice As Research, with Dr Nicole Brown
In conversation: practice as research
On being a practitioner and a researcher at once, and what each one gives the other.
Want me on your podcast, or at your event?
I speak on dyslexia, SEND and inclusion, from keynotes for senior stakeholders to sessions for a school hall. Get in touch and I'll reply within 48 hours.