Julianne Miller

Practical support for reluctant readers Summer is a great time to read. For many kids, sitting in the shade of a big tree and devouring a book is synonymous with summer leisure. You can choose your own book without the pressure of school performance, just losing yourself in a story. For a dyslexic child, a standard paperback is not a neutral object. Reading is effortful, associated with the stigma of reading poorly in class, or being taken out for reading support. Even though many, many...

What families of children with complex learning needs actually need — and why the answer is rarely another report The SEN Code of Practice is unambiguous. A child who does not respond to quality-first teaching requires more targeted and more specific instruction. If that intervention does not produce progress, the response should be support which is even more specific, intensive, frequent, or long lasting. The assess-plan-do-review cycle is well-evidenced. The framework is not the problem....

Supporting Neurodivergent Children with ADHD, Dyslexia or Autism Returning to School After the Summer I’m a parent of a child who learns differently. I’m the teacher of many children who learn differently. We are champions and cheerleaders. We celebrate the successes with real joy and listen to the challenges with a heavy heart. Most of all, we are advocates. We stop at nothing to draw attention again and again to ways the school can help our unique learner succeed. This has been known to...