Richard Hogan, psychotherapist and author of Home Is Where The Start Is, wrote about his dyslexia in the Irish Independent as follows  ‘The sheer isolation and embarrassment a student can feel because they do not learn at the same pace as everyone else.  ….. It is a corrosive thing when it isn’t challenged. It impacts massively on a student’s sense of self.’

This webinar aims to:

• Look at the complex difficulties that low self-esteem poses for some students with dyslexia.
• Examine the contribution that concepts of Neurodiversity and the Dyslexia Friendly school can make to increase self-esteem.
• Suggest possible strategies that might help students cope and develop self-esteem.

Presenter

Wyn McCormack worked as guidance counsellor and special education teacher as well as being the parent of three sons with dyslexia.  She has designed and presented courses on dyslexia for teachers, parents and students since the nineties.   She is the author of the Factsheets on Dyslexia at Second Level (2014), Lost for Words 3rd Ed. 2007, and co-author of Dyslexia, an Irish Perspective 2nd Ed 2010.