The British Dyslexia Association has been delivering events across England to help parents to understand more about dyslexia and parenting a dyslexic child. This latest article will share the date of the next event being held in Wiltshire.
St David’s College is the major supporter of the BDA Parents Roadshow events.
The British Dyslexia Association has been providing workshops for parents of dyslexic children for over a year now with support from St David’s College, a specialist dyslexia mainstream independent college in North Wales.
As one of the speakers at these events, I am acutely aware of how lost a parent can feel when their child is diagnosed with dyslexia, or if they have suspicions that their child is dyslexic and are unsure of what to do next to help.
The aim of these meetings is to give parents some useful signposts, some knowledge and awareness of what challenges they are likely to be facing in supporting their children, to know that they are not alone and that the British Dyslexia Association is there to provide support and advice.
During the events themselves, parents get to find out more about dyslexia and what to do to support a child academically from BDA CEO Helen Bowden as well as find out about the emotional impact of experiencing dyslexia in families from myself and they also get to hear about some of the technology that is available that can help a child or young person to reduce the barriers to learning from assistive technology expert, Arran Smith.
Representatives from St David’s specialist dyslexia school will be on hand to answer questions about supporting the education of a dyslexic child.
Details about the Wiltshire Parent Roadshow event.
On the 7th March this event will be taking place in in Chippenham from 10:30 to 16:00 at the following address:
Sheldon School
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN14 6HJ
United Kingdom
The event is free for parents to attend but they will need to register their place on the BDA Website. Just click the button below to book your place.
What to update your knowledge of Special Educational Needs?
Parents and teachers are warmly invited to add to their knowledge on Special Educational Needs by attending the SEN Jigsaw College on June 6th.
St David’s College is one of the main supporters of the SEN Jigsaw Conference and will be on hand to share good practise on supporting dyslexic learning.
More details can be found below:
Book your ticket!
Use the form below to purchase your ticket for the SEN Jigsaw Conference 2020.