1) What Dyscalculia is and isn’t, including up to date research, key features, comorbidities, executive functioning impairments, emotional dysregulation. 2) Strategies for the classroom- including support for executive functioning, teaching mathematical concepts, presenting maths questions and tasks, structuring learning activities including working memory, engagement and support for self-management.
1) What Dysgraphia is and isn’t, including up to date research, key features, comorbidities, executive functioning impairments, emotional dysregulation. 2) Strategies for the classroom- including support for executive functioning, preparing for writing tasks, coordination, supporting the development of key handwriting skills, use of assistive technology, structuring learning activities including working memory, engagement and support for self-management.
What Dyslexia is and isn’t, including up to date research, key features, diagnostic criteria, comorbidities, executive functioning impairments, emotional dysregulation.
Strategies for the classroom- including support for executive functioning, communication, presenting written text, structuring literacy activities, support for reading, including word memory and centrality deficits, memory, engagement and support for self-management.
What ADHD is and isn’t, including up to date research, key features, diagnostic criteria, comorbidities, executive functioning impairments, emotional dysregulation and the different presentations of ADHD, including gender.
Strategies for the classroom- including support for executive functioning, communication, masking, memory, engagement and support for self-management
National Training Director, ADHD Foundation
Colin Foley is the training director of the ADHD Foundation, the largest ADHD charity in Europe. After twenty-five years as a secondary teacher and senior leader, Colin’s work for the ADHD Foundation is grounded in empowering teachers to deliver outstanding outcomes for children and young people with ADHD through increased awareness of the condition and through practical classroom strategies that every teacher can use at all key stages.