General Chat

Thank you Rose :-)

No problem Stray, I think all teachers should at least have an awareness of Dyslexia and the other offshoots, Dysgraphica/Dysgraphia etc.

signing a petition for more training on the subject seems an excellent idea to me. PM me for the link.

:-) thankyou for this Ann, x

Have just done so Ann. as soon as I get the email I will confirm it :-)

I have received an e mail from my daughter in law informing me about a petition to be signed. I have signed it and wonder if anyone else would be interested in signing.

we have started a petition on the government e-petition website to make dyslexia a mandatory part of Initial Teacher Training. If the petition reaches 100,000 signatures by next Halloween there will be a debate about the issue.
We would be most grateful if you would sign our petition here: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/20674 and further publicise it to your other members of staff, friends, family and so on. We would most of all appreciate it if you would put the petition on your website and publicly support us. We really need as many people as possible to sign this and the more people who talk about the petition and promote it, the more likely that outcome is. There are a few stipulations on who can and can't sign the petition:You MUST have a unique email address to sign the petition, one email address can sign the petition even if you share an email address with someone.You MUST be a UK citizen or resident, so UK citizens living abroad can still sign!There is NO minimum age limit, students and children are more than welcome to sign it. In fact since children are most affected by the state of teacher training we urge you to get them to sign! This is a cause very close to my heart, the British Dyslexia Association's heart, and I’m sure it is to yours too. I’m sure that I don’t need to tell you how important proper dyslexia friendly education is to you, or that a substantial 10% of the population is believed to be affected by dyslexia. We would really appreciate any help that you can give us in this campaign, and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me!