Dyslexia Explored Darius Namdaran

If you’ve ever tried teaching your child to read, you’ll know that it's not as easy as it looks, especially for a child with a learning difference. I had a great conversation with Nora Chahbazi, the founder of Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction or EBLI. She has been training and coaching teachers, parents, and educators for over 20 years to help them teach students how to read.

Nora shares her experience of how EBLI started and what made her pursue the field. Her daughter was having trouble reading but the school didn’t think it was anything unusual. She began researching ways to help her child and found a revolutionary book that really made a difference for her child. Shortly after, Nora founded EBLI and now, they have trained thousands of teachers from around the world.

Nora also sheds light on the different approaches to teaching reading, like balance literacy and phonics-based, and where her approach falls into the mix.



Check out the video podcast on Youtube. Skip to 1:06:52 if you want to see Nora's Demonstration: https://youtu.be/jgiHvHc0rhQ



EBLI Links:

For Parents : https://tinyurl.com/3rwfyjw4

For Teachers: https://tinyurl.com/mvwrhv4b



Abeka Reading System: https://tinyurl.com/3aejncyz

Whole Language: https://tinyurl.com/3upupcpd

Phonics: https://tinyurl.com/rjrnfez9

Reading Recovery: https://tinyurl.com/3vhz4mpa

“Why Our Children Can’t Read” book: https://tinyurl.com/yxenca5f

Phono-graphix program: https://www.phono-graphix.com/

Rudolf Steiner school: https://www.steiner.edu/

The truth about reading documentary trailer: https://youtu.be/XEdMaUbdx_g

Sold a Story Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/4ec3zh8p



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Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/126/

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Do you constantly receive ideas and inspiration from various sources? Do you start countless hobbies or artistic pursuits with crazy ideas on a whim? You might be hypercreative.

I had a very interesting conversation with Karen Daniels about hypercreativity. Karen has a Masters's degree in Education Psychology. She has also written 9 books of both fiction and non-fiction. She does content writing and ghostwriting for all sorts of people. She also teaches Martial Arts apart from being a full-time mum.

In the episode, Karen talked about the difference between hypercreativity and creativity, her being a writer and her journey through her creative path. She also shared about the limit of creativity and how to make the most out of it.



Links you might want to check:

Website: https://karendaniels.com/

Books: https://kdbooksandpublishing.com/

Email: karen@karendaniels.com

Hypercreative manifesto: https://karendaniels.com/hypercreativity-manifesto/

Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/

Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com

Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/125/

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This week, I had an interesting conversation with Sanjay Kapoor, a director for proposals for a huge company in the US. He just recently discovered that he has dyslexia and ADHD by looking at materials from Made by Dyslexia and other dyslexia organizations. He also listened to several podcasts where he found us and reached out to us. Listen to the episode and learn how Sanjay discovered his dyslexia. Sanjay shared his work and how dyslexia has been a major part of it. He was also very open about struggling with his mental health and asking for help and finding ways to counter his weaknesses. Links: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-kapoor1/ Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/ Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com Enroll in BulletMap Academy: https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/prices/ Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/124/ Interested in being a guest? Email us at info@bulletmapacademy.com

I talked to Alan Thornburrow, the CEO of Salvesen Mindroom Centre and a parent of children with dyslexia. Salvesen Mindroom Centre or SMC has been working with dyslexia and neurodiversity for over 21 years and is continuously supporting people living with learning differences.
Alan Thornburrow disengaged from school at 16. He struggled to find his place in the world until he managed to find a career in finance. Learning on the job, he realised he was learning more at work than at school and thought there might be others like him who weren’t successful at school but can do well in the real world.
Alan has spent 20 years advocating for people that might see themselves as ‘other’ in the world. Alan’s job is to influence decision-makers, policymakers and funders into making the right decisions on inclusion and diversity in schools, the workplace and society more generally.
SMC will host a global conference in March with over 50 speakers that include neuroscientists and nutrition experts; campaigners, clinicians, comedians; actors, artists and activists to provide insights into understanding our differences. Find out more and Register for the conference now.
Links you might want to check:
Website: https://www.mindroom.org/
ITAKOM (Conference) website: https://itakom.org/
Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/
Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com
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Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blog/123/
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This week I had an interesting conversation with R.S. Mellette, a scriptwriter and author with dyslexia. He was the script coordinator for Xena the Warrior Princess, Nutty Professor 2 and Blue Crush. Mellette has also worked and blogged for the film festival Dances With Films as well as the novelist collective, From The Write Angle, and he is on the board of the L.A. region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators.
In this episode, we are going to explore how R.S. Mellette came to know about dyslexia and how it helped him in being a screenwriter and, later on, being an author. He’s just about to publish the first book of a series called Kiya and the Morian Treasure which actually takes him more than 20 years to publish.
Links you might want to check:
Kiya and the Morian Treasure: https://www.amazon.com/Kiya-Morian-Treasure-R-S-Mellette/dp/1940180260/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1652370994&sr=8-1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsmellette/
Twitter: @RSMellette
Instagram: @rsmellette/
Website RSMellette.com
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BulletMap Academy Blogs: https://bulletmapacademy.com/blogs/
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Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/122/
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This week, I sat down with not just one but two educational diagnosticians. Dr. Abbey Weinstein and Lauri Peterson assess people with specific learning difficulties in the US. As of today, they have tested more than 1200 people with SPLD both adult and children. Combined, they have over 40 years of experience in identifying people with dyslexia and ADHD.
In this episode, we are going to explore more about the dynamic relationship between ADHD and Dyslexia with Dr. Abbey Weinstein and Lauri Peterson.
Links you might want to check:
Dr. Abbey and Lauri’s podcast - https://ediagnosticlearning.com/podcast-by-ediagnosticlearning/ (new website coming soon)
Contact email for the podcast - letstalklearningdisabilities@gmail.com
Website - https://ediagnosticlearning.com
FB - https://www.facebook.com/eDiaglearning
Twitter - @Lets_Learning
Dyslexia Quiz: https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/
Bulletmap Academy Page: https://bulletmapacademy.com
Enroll in BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/sales-page/
Show notes: https://bulletmapacademy.com/121/
Interested in being a guest? Email us at darius@bulletmapacademy.com