All Things Dyslexia

In episode 7, we were joined by our guest speaker Jonathan Flint to speak on the topic 'Dyslexia: Coping with Stress during COVID 19'. Jonny is a PhD Student in Developmental Psychology at Cardiff University.

He has written many coming out speeches: one for being gay, one for being dyslexic, one for being dyspraxic and one for anyone who didn’t bother to listen to the first three. The one factor that all of these have in common is an incredible sense of resilience, that is one of many variables which has enabled him to succeed so far.

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In this episode, we are joined by Gabi Preston Phypers, proud dyslexic, mother, wife, and owner of multiple businesses.

Gabi has been working in the world of start-ups since 2017, following 7 years’ experience in banking. In 2020, she joined the family business and has since been on a mission to make a difference by inspiring and educating people on how to be in the driving seat of their future.

She currently juggles various roles: at Oscar Harrington, her focus is on growing their mobile robotics recruitment agency; she runs ‘Own It With Gabi’, a career coaching business dedicated to helping people articulate their jazz hands on their CV; and she has recently set up Tooled Up Raccoons, providing software to help recruiters, in-house and agency, to find the right talent quicker.

Gabi enjoys working with people to empower them to get in the driving seat of their lives, and she strongly believes no one should ever be a passenger in their life journey.

Connect with Gabi online:

LinkedIn: Gabi Preston-Phypers

Tooled Up Racoons www.tooledupraccoons.com

Oscar Harrington: www.oscarharrington.com

Own It With Gabi: www.ownitwithgabi.com

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In episode 3, we are joined by Habib Baluch from the Department of Work and Pensions to speak on the topic of ‘Dyslexia: Access to work’.

Habib represents the Department for Work and Pensions as a Disability Services Advocate. He raises awareness of benefits to help people with care needs, their journey to work, or keeping them in work. Habib works closely with Access to Work, to ensure that people with health conditions, communication barriers, special education needs or learning difficulties are not put at the back of the queue when it comes to work and opportunities. He is passionate about Disability Services and the reach that they have, and he believes that with the right support, lots more obseekers can get into work and stay in work.

Before his current Advocacy role, Habib led a group of managers at Personal Independence Payment. Prior to this he has experience working for Work Services, leading operations at a few different Jobcentres and across different departments in the North West, as well as spending a secondment working for a local authority to help support some of the most vulnerable families in Manchester.

Disclaimer: please note that the information provided in this podcast is correct on the date of recording (25th November 2020).

Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work

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In episode 7 Series 8 we are joined by Robert Jennings, who will be discussing ‘Dyscalculia Explained’

Robert Jennings is currently, Head of Maths at Emerson House, which is a special educational needs learning centre in West London. In this role, he assesses for math difficulties, sets out intervention plans for each pupil and directly teaches several pupils each day. Robert is responsible, for the C.P.D for the maths teaching team and enjoys training other teachers to become more aware of dyscalculia and how to teach pupils with math difficulties.

Robert Jennings co-founded the Dyscalculia Network, along with Cathryn Eadle, in 2020 and they were delighted with the progress achieved. The main objective is to raise awareness of this condition, as it is still relatively unknown within the educational world, as well as with parents and pupils. Robert has always had a passion for helping people and this compliments his love of teaching maths.

Connect with Robert Jennings on social media:

Website: Homepage (dyscalculianetwork.com)

Instagram: Dyscalculia Network (@dyscalculianetwork) • Instagram photos and videos

Twitter: The Dyscalculia Network (@DyscalculiaNet1) / Twitter

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: (3) Dyscalculia Network | Facebook

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In episode 5, we are joined by again Habib Baluch from the Department of Work and Pensions to speak on the topic of ‘Dyslexia: Blended Support Offer.

Habib represents the Department for Work and Pensions as a Disability Services Advocate. He raises awareness of benefits to help people with care needs, their journey to work, or keeping them in work. Habib works closely with Access to Work, to ensure that people with health conditions, communication barriers, special education needs or learning difficulties are not put at the back of the queue when it comes to work and opportunities. He is passionate about Disability Services and the reach that they have, and he believes that with the right support, lots more jobseekers can get into work and stay in work.

Before his current Advocacy role, Habib led a group of managers at Personal Independence Payment. Prior to this he has experience working for Work Services, leading operations at a few different Jobcentres and across different departments in the North West, as well as spending a secondment working for a local authority to help support some of the most vulnerable families in Manchester.

Disclaimer: please note that the information provided in this podcast is correct on the date of recording (25th November 2020).

Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work

This podcast is funded by The European Skills & Funding Agency.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.