With the current state of the education system, it is easy to understand why many parents are apprehensive about continuing their child’s education in the classroom, particularly when their child has a learning difficulty.

We cannot wait until the school catches up and realises that your child does not have the basic skills required for literacy learning.

Rather than anxiously waiting for that dreaded first day back, a little preparation will go a long way to reassuring your child (or students) and yourself that it will be ok.

Literacy skills need repetition to continue to develop, so ensure that there is an element of literacy learning each day. All the hard work you have already done needs reinforcement and repetition. Find the fun but keep on learning!

The signs of a struggle to learn to read can be seen in children from a very early age. How early should we look at providing interventions and look for signs of dyslexia?

As the days for Dyslexia Awareness month, October 2021, quickly run out, does this mean that we should slow down the pace and give up talking about dyslexia until October next year?

I certainly hope not!