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Fish Don’t Climb Trees podcasts sheds light on the ‘gift’ of dyslexia, not the ‘dys’ in dyslexia. The ‘dys’ only means difficulty and we, dyslexics, one-third of the population, have difficulty because we do not learn in the way we are taught. It is time to bring about knowledge and understanding, and hopefully a change in our education system, which in turn, will bring about a cognitive equal opportunity for all. You will hear from dyslexics – corrected and newly aware - teachers, facilitators and parents. Knowledge is power; everyone is learning able and you will soon know how!
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Sunday Aug 02, 2020
WDS #1 Sue and Tristan
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sue Hall and Tristan Macdonald introduce their first series of podcasts which sheds light on the gift of dyslexia, from many perspectives. First off, Sue introduces herself with an excerpt from her book, Fish Don’t Climb Trees.
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
WDS #2 Greg Moore
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Greg Moore: We could not have a better podcast to begin our first series than this conversation with Greg Moore, ex Mayor of Port Coquitlam, now President and CEO of BC Lottery Corporation… we seem to have covered pretty much every aspect of dyslexia.. enjoy !
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
WDS #3 Tristan Macdonald
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Tristan Macdonald is a young man who discovered his gifts and saw his challenges in a different light after his Davis Dyslexia Program. This podcast is full of his experiences, pre - during - and post discovery.
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
WDS # 4 Sara Kramer
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Sara Kramer studied the connection between perceptual talent (the gift part) and dyslexia for her Masters and shares a fascinating and fun way of discovering HOW we call all discover our preferable way of thinking, and why this is the most important question in education that we never ask!
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
WDS # 5 Manda Aufochs
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Manda Aufochs is a remarkable mother, author, journalist, researcher, educator, broadcaster and activist… who achieves a great degree of success in the world of words and literacy and at the same time observes her daughters’ challenges in this world. In particular, she shares an intriguing, in-depth understanding of the different aspects of phonics, phonemic and phonetic approaches.
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
WDS # 6 Alyssa
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Alyssa is a young woman who is new to her discovery of dyslexia. Not only does she describe how she thinks in images, but she also uses colour to navigate her world. She allows herself to be taken through a podcast version of a typical interview/assessment and recognise the talents that come with the gift.
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
WDS # 7 Tessa Halliwell
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Tessa Halliwell is a Davis Facilitator in the UK, who has developed an App which provides images for trigger words. Trigger words are very small words like the, if, of, as and they have no image-based meaning, and trigger confusion for image-based thinkers and here’s why…
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
WDS # 8 Henry
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Henry is a young man who knew he had dyslexia while he was at school, and takes us through his schooling, both private and public, and in particular a special school for children with learning challenges. He shares his ‘take aways’…
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
WDS # 9 Julie Brewer
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Julie Brewer tried many methods to help her son with his learning challenges, including Vision Therapy. Having seen his success after his Davis program, the Vision Therapist wanted to know what had happened, and she decided to attend a Davis Learning Strategies Workshop to use the methods in her Montessori Pre-School class.
Monday Aug 31, 2020
WDS #10 Sue Hall
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Sue Hall finishes off the series with Chapter 17 of Fish Don’t Climb Trees – we have to know there is a problem before we look for a solution – well here is both the problem for one third of the children entering our education system, and Sue’s solution.