Dramatically raise exam attainment levels for all students that struggle with literacy by utilising widely available technology.

Most schools already own potentially life-transforming technologies but are not using them to their full advantage. As a result, dyslexic students continue to struggle needlessly.

Learn how to break down barriers to excellence making the curriculum fully accessible. Specifically in the areas of: ¬ Reading to learn; writing to be assessed: and working effectively in exams.

Empower all learners to attain higher grades throughout school and beyond. Improving exam results and future outcomes.

Relevant for both primary and secondary educational professionals. The sooner strategies are in place the higher the attainment levels across the school.

Join eQS Head of Operations Natasha Hardiman to understand the importance of dyslexic students in higher education accessing specialist one-to-one support (non-medical help).

The eQuality Solutions Group (eQS) offers Disability Support services in higher education and diversity, equity and inclusion services in the workplace.

As Head of Operations at eQuality Solutions Group, Natasha ensures that eQS Disability Support products and services meet the highest standards of quality and customer satisfaction.

In our presentation for the Dyslexia Show 2024, Natasha will explore why co-occurrence of SpLDs is important to understand when designing bespoke NMH support, and use examples of SpLD assessments and a real life student case study to demonstrate the process a student can go through to access this support, and the positive impact it can have on individual outcomes.

Morph Mastery is a research and evidence based intervention for reading, spelling and vocabulary. It is based on morphology, the system of language by which words are made up of units of meaning. Morphology literally makes sense of words! We use prefixes, roots and suffixes to build, investigate and transform words. Morph Mastery is multi-sensory, systematic and cumulative, designed for learners with dyslexic type difficulties and based on the English Curriculum. It uses assessment to plan learning precisely and can also be adapted for class and group work.

Morph Mastery has been extremely effective with learners who have become disengaged with intervention, and who have failed to make progress on phonics alone. While phonics is essential, learners with dyslexia often fail to progress if it is their only tool.

"I never expected such a clear, overt change. It's really helped my learner. He isn't floundering like he used to; he has another tool to help." (Teacher describing the impact)

In this presentation we'll consider the evidence and research base for using morphology to teach learners with dyslexia. We'll look at what a morphological approach looks like in practice, and consider how you can use morphology in your setting.

This talk is to present Maple Hayes Hall Schools morphological approach and put forward why teaching using morphemes should be considered when conventional phonics is not working.

Outcomes:
•The problems of a deficit approach – Why do we keep trying to teach to a child’s area of weakness using phonics and how this leads to statements being made like “dyslexia doesn’t exist”.
•Working definition of a morpheme – a group of letters with a meaning that can be taken from word to word even if the sound changes.
•‘Chunking’: The confusion between chunking (which has meaning) and syllabification (which does not). How overteaching phonics can detrimentally affect the ability to chunk into morphemes
•Prefix + Root + Suffix is too simplistic a morphemic model. The same morpheme may be in root, prefix or suffix position in different words.
•How the origins of English affect phonology and morphology.

In this workshop we show you the importance of effective and successful communication between home and school. The focus is on exploring practical strategies that parents and carers can use at home to support their children. Some of these strategies will be demonstrated in the workshop. For every strategy explored a supporting webinar, either free or paid, will be cited to enable the participant to follow up if they wish to see how they can effectively incorporate the strategies and materials into their home lives.

In this presentation, we will be talking about our successful Wiltshire Dyslexia Friendly Schools project. We now have 13 schools who have successfully achieved the BDA Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark, and are currently supporting a further 15 schools to achieve the award by next year. We know that dyslexia-friendly provision is important: most young people with dyslexia will attend a mainstream school and most classes will include at least one pupil who is dyslexic. We are looking forward to providing a glimpse into what becoming a dyslexia-friendly school involves, what a dyslexia-friendly school looks like in practice and the impact it can have on helping pupils achieve successful outcomes.

In this presentation, we will be talking about our successful Wiltshire Dyslexia Friendly Schools project. We now have 13 schools who have successfully achieved the BDA Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark, and are currently supporting a further 15 schools to achieve the award by next year. We know that dyslexia-friendly provision is important: most young people with dyslexia will attend a mainstream school and most classes will include at least one pupil who is dyslexic. We are looking forward to providing a glimpse into what becoming a dyslexia-friendly school involves, what a dyslexia-friendly school looks like in practice and the impact it can have on helping pupils achieve successful outcomes.

This talk will provide a ‘whistle-stop tour’ of dyslexia and what we’re looking for. In addition, we will look at how we create an inclusive classroom, that supports all of our children.

o A look at a number of learning differences we will meet in our classrooms, together with those ‘co-morbid bundles’!

o Memory strategies- practical strategies to improve and support memory.

o Phonics – getting the foundations right.

o Assistive technology- its role from the humble to its technological.

o Knowing our learners and making sure they know too!

o Metacognition- Teaching them how they learn.

o Multisensory learning- just at the heart of everything!

o Inclusive classroom- what it is and how we achieve it.

o The ‘Help Yourself Box’ – What it is and how it helps to foster independence and proactive learning