[PREMIUM] The Dyslexic Professor

[PREMIUM] The Dyslexic Professor

Nigel Lockett is a seasoned academic, Associate Dean, Head of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, co-author of a popular entrepreneurship college textbook, award-winning teacher, and serial entrepreneur who recently embraced his dyslexia and began blogging as “The Dyslexic Professor.” Listen to Nigel’s story below.     In the video below, see how he introduced PhD Environmental Science students at his university to thinking more entrepreneurially. Often there can be a resistance among traditional scientists and academicians from thinking or acting entrepreneurially, but doing so could actually help the end goal of a healthy environment. Listen to some of the young scientists speak after attending this workshop – there’s no doubt in my mind that they are better equipped to communicate their ideas to non-scientists, to […]

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[PREMIUM] Encouraging  Reluctant  Talkers

[PREMIUM] Encouraging Reluctant Talkers

Although we’ve spoken about verbally-gifted dyslexics, there are also many who find speaking a challenge. HOW CAN RELUCTANT TALKERS BE ENCOURAGED TO TALK? AT HOME: Create a positive no-stress environment for talking and don’t worry about filling in gaps if and when they occur. There can be a wide variety of reasons why dyslexic children are reluctant to talk–but one thing is for sure, things will only get easier with practice. As children get older, they are more self-conscious about saying the wrong words, stammers, or pauses, so all the more reason for making the time and find ways to give them more confidence. – Talk in the car. See if talking in the car is a good place to get your child talking on […]

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[PREMIUM] Troubleshooting Procrastination

[PREMIUM] Troubleshooting Procrastination

IS IT PROCRASTINATION OR TROUBLE KNOWING HOW TO BEGIN? Go Through This List to Get to the Starting Block! DO I HAVE WHAT I NEED TO BEGIN? This may be one of the most common reasons why young dyslexic writers don’t start. They’re not sure what the prompt is asking for or they don’t know how to narrow a complex subject. Often it’s the flipside to the positive ability to see so many possibilities. Sometimes it helps to help them think about how they would explain the subject to a young child. STARTING HACKS: Hacks for this temporary halt include: brainstorming with a partner to get a topic, putting together a mindmap or list of possibilities, then crossing out ideas you want to give up. […]

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[PREMIUM] Profiles in Courage: DYSLEXIA

[PREMIUM] Profiles in Courage: DYSLEXIA

Courage takes many forms, but if you are a member of this dyslexia community, chances are, you have it and have many times in your life when your courage was tested. Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines courage as the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. The childhoods for most in this community are not carefree. However, there is a positive destination and there are signs that this world is slowly changing for the better. In this article, I thought I’d share excerpts from a recently published PhD that I found inspiring. The researcher was interviewing successful first-generation college students to find out why they were successful. These students were clearly gutsy, resilient, and hard-working, but they also shared the […]

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