When a learner struggles to write, the reason is not always obvious. This session helps you look beneath the empty page, understand the barriers that may be getting in the way, and identify more effective ways to support them.
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Training Portal
Hello, I’m Louise Selby. I’ve worked in the field of specific learning difficulties and dyslexia for many years in many roles, but one thing that’s always driven me is my passion to enable, empower and equip. My aim in setting up this training portal is to provide useful training for busy practitioners and parents. It’s high quality and based on my knowledge, experience and expertise, but offers content you can access easily and use immediately. Everything you’ll find on this portal aims to be hugely practical and accessible, and the films come with resources as well. There’s courses for parents, specialists and school based practitioners, so do take a look – and let me know if there’s training you’d like to see in future!
Online OnDemand Courses & Short Films
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Lost for Words? Part 6
LFW 06 – The Secret Life of Sentences
Sentence construction can place significant demands on neurodivergent learners. This session explores where things can break down, how to identify the barriers involved, and engaging, practical ways to build stronger sentence skills and more fluent, confident writing.
Lost for Words? Part 5
LFW 05 – Hear no evil. See no evil. Spell no evil?
Spelling develops differently for every learner. This session explores why it can be particularly challenging for neurodivergent learners, what research tells us about effective teaching, and practical ways to build both accurate spelling and the confidence to use it in everyday writing.
Lost for Words? Part 4
LFW 04 – Touchy Feely?
Handwriting difficulties can be about much more than pencil control. This session explores the sensory, motor and visual foundations of handwriting, helping you understand what a learner’s behaviours may be communicating and identify practical ways to reduce barriers and improve participation.
Lost for Words? Part 3
LFW 03 – Plan, what plan?
Good writing depends on much more than ideas alone. This session explores the executive function, metacognition and self-regulation skills involved in planning and shaping writing, with practical strategies to help neurodivergent learners organise their thinking and write with greater purpose and confidence.
Lost for Words? Part 2
LFW 02 – Developing Language, Developing Writing
Strong writing starts with strong language. This session explores the important connection between spoken and written language, with practical strategies to help learners overcome language and literacy challenges and develop their confidence as writers.
Lost for Words? Part 1
LFW 01 – Beneath the Empty Page
When a learner struggles to write, the reason is not always obvious. This session helps you look beneath the empty page, understand the barriers that may be getting in the way, and identify more effective ways to support them.
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Discover Morph Mastery – What is it and why does it matter?
Pre-Recorded Webinar
Beyond Labels – What do to about dyslexia in schools (and what not to do)
We’ve come a long way in understanding dyslexia. But in many classrooms, that understanding hasn’t fully translated into practice. This two-part webinar series will help you bridge that gap - with practical, evidence-informed strategies you can use immediately.
OnDemand with Lifetime Access!
Morph Mastery for Groups Intervention Training
Morph Mastery for Small Groups is a powerful new adaptation of the successful Morph Mastery 1:1 intervention – now reimagined to support small groups of learners aged 9 to 13 who are still struggling with spelling despite quality phonics teaching.
£35
Dyslexia – How to support your child – A course for Parents
This course for parents of school aged children is relevant to any parent wanting to support their child with literacy and learning, whether diagnosed with dyslexia or not. We'll cover reading, spelling, writing, assistive technology, working memory and processing, learning how to learn, exams, and thinking positively about dyslexia.
Free
Morph Mastery Lessons in Action
By popular demand, I am offering free access to films of complete Morph Mastery lessons. Meet the fantastic Phoebe, who is in Year 3 and at the very start of her Morph Mastery journey (week 3). Phoebe has a good grasp of phonics but struggles to apply this fluently in reading and spelling. She is loving the morphological approach!
£175
Morph Mastery Intervention Training Course
This is an interactive, step by step course in delivering the intervention, including understanding the methodology and using the assessments to inform learning and track progress. There's 8 core sessions over 8 weeks with tasks in between, and by the end of the sessions you'll be up and running with the intervention.
£25
Mint Tea and Markets: Dyslexia and Metacognition
Metacognition is the process of thinking about learning. It's an active process which every effective learner uses, and research shows that teaching metacognition improves learning outcomes. In this course you'll gain some understanding of what meta-cognition looks like practically in the classroom. You'll learn what the barriers to meta-cognition are for dyslexics, but also what strengths they may have to help. You'll get some practical ideas and resources for things you can do to reduce those barriers and maximise those strengths.
£25
Which books do I pick?
This one hour training course provides explanations and examples of the different ways in which books are levelled, when and why these different levelling systems are used, and how to choose books purposefully and accurately so that your learners succeed. You'll be shown how to take a very simple running record to determine whether a book is at the right level, and how to use the "Efficacious Four" method of checking comprehension.
Free
Articulation of Sounds
This film shows you how to say all the commonly taught sounds in their purest forms and aligns with all systematic synthetic phonics programmes.
Free
Zeb’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Schoolboy with Working Memory Difficulties
Working memory difficulties impact the whole of life. This film takes you through a day in the life of Zeb, a school boy who struggles to hold information in mind whilst working on it (working memory). A film for professionals and parents.
£15
Phonics for Beginners
In this short course you'll learn the basic terminology, progression of teaching and see a film about how to articulate sounds. You'll also see some practical examples of how phonics is taught, and some ideas of how to support children who are struggling, including games.
£25
Catastrophe or Comic Strip: Supporting working memory in the classroom
This short course provides clear and accessible explanations of what working memory is, how it relates to cognitive load, and how it impacts learning. The focus is on practical strategies that can be used by any educator in any classroom
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