by Yazmin | Oct 20, 2022 | Uncategorised
Being creative can be easier said than done. Thinking creatively at work can be beneficial to help you complete tasks and think up new ideas. There aren’t many opportunities to make use of colors, shapes and pictures while being productive and completing written work,...
by Yazmin | Apr 14, 2022 | Uncategorised
“As a student going into a master’s qualification, memories of my time spent studying for my degree came flooding back. Although it had been 10 years since I completed my social work degree, I knew the hurdles I experienced as a result of having dyslexia would...
by Yazmin | Apr 14, 2022 | Uncategorised
People with dyslexia often struggle to organise their thoughts and visualise concepts. Using mind mapping software can help to structure ideas and organise writing in a more visual and colourful style of working. What are the barriers associated with dyslexia? Many...
by Yazmin | Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorised
Sometimes, our brain seems to have a mind of its own. When this happens, our imagination bounces ideas off each other, regardless of logic and reasoning. This is often referred to as the ‘monkey mind’- a state of uncontrolled mind wandering. On one hand, the monkey...
by Yazmin | Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorised
The use of pictures and images for record-keeping (learning) and communication, stretches back thousands of years, with cave paintings in Cáceres believed to be around 60,000 years old, and those in East Kalimantan, Borneo, dated at 50,000 BC. Even the Ancient...