At Dyslexia Wales we work with clients individually, engaging them in a self-assessment process to draw out their strengths, weaknesses and goals. Clients are then guided through a course that is tailored to meet individual needs.

The Dyslexia Wales course:

Overcoming Difficulties

The Dyslexia Wales course uses the talents of dyslexic people to overcome their learning difficulties.

To do this, students follow a different approach to learning.

The Dyslexia Wales course

Making Progress

Booking a Dyslexia Wales course

The Dyslexia Wales course

Putting things right

To book a free assessment with Dyslexia Wales or for more information please contact:

Caroline Keen
Dyslexia Wales
Ysgubor Fawr, Talley, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire SA19 7YY

01558 585 644

info@dyslexiawales.com

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Testimonials

TL age 8

“school is fine and I am happy it is the secod day of school and my frens are rele hiper.”

Mother of LP age 9

 “I am thrilled to report that L was able to return to school.  Thank you for being so willing and able to alleviate her distress.  She still has the odd day when she’s unwell but generally, she is able to live a normal life!  After such a long illness and so much stress due to her dyslexia I never thought it would be possible.” 

Mother of AS age 9

“Thank you so much for speeding our rising star on her own special path”

Mother of GW age 12

“I know only too well that he was difficult in school.  They would persist in trying to force him to learn things according to their rules.  Some teachers demeaned him, some were inappropriately lenient.  It’s no wonder he became so difficult.  It’s no wonder he refused to attend, he could see absolutely no reason for going.  Terrible damage was done.  He could easily have ended up on the wrong side of the law.  Once he was able to learn using his creative abilities, he just flew.  I still can’t quite believe he’s doing so well.  I won’t say he loves school all the time, he doesn’t.  He still finds some lessons hard work but he really shines in some.  I won’t say he’s perfect all the time but he can be when he chooses.  He is no longer a victim of circumstances.  I thought you might like to know that he has just been ‘spotted’ by … (one of Wales’ leading rugby clubs)!”

C H age 13

“When I was doing the workshops I felt like I achieved something, like a life goal, to read and write properly.  I’m doing pretty well.  The best thing is the clay.”

CH’s Educational Psychologist

“I paid a visit to C and his mum today.  He has certainly progressed in literacy (in measurable) terms and also in his demeanour.  This was great to observe.”

TH age 14

"Before attending the course I had been having special lessons in school to help my dyslexia, they didn't seem to be helping at all.
Even after attending the initial meeting with Caroline I felt that this dyslexia course was completely different and would help a lot.
After completing the week long course, I felt much better about myself, now after a further three weeks of doing it at home I'm really enjoying it. I feel like it will be a great help in school next week and am really looking forward to putting the techniques I have learnt into practice."

Mother of TH

For a long time now dyslexia has been a part of our lives as my eldest son M was diagnosed with dyslexia before T. We have persevered with the help in school for him and as T didn't seem to be as badly affected as M let his difficulties slide.
How we came to Dyslexia Wales was through frustration at seeing an enthusiastic bright boy change into one who had lost his zest for life and becoming resigned to gaining middle of the road results when everyone who knows T realises he his capable of much more.
After spending just an hour with Caroline his whole outlook altered, it was as though a cloud had been lifted and T could now see a way forward.  This became even more apparent after a full week of working with Caroline and much to our great delight is continuing, T initiates his work times and insists on keeping to the dietary advice he was given. I look forward to his returning to school and feel that the course has enabled him to realise his full potential. Thankyou Dyslexia Wales.

RW age 15

Thank you for a brilliant time that I am sure will be of great use to me”

Mother of RW

My youngest son had a statement of special educational needs following an assessment when he was 7.  At upper school his problems increased to the stage where he had a full-time classroom assistant, yet none of the alternative approaches to dyslexia appealed to me.  Then I discovered
Dyslexia Wales which I immediately felt would give him the help he needed.  Rather than tinkering around the edges, I liked the way it goes straight to the root of dyslexia to achieve permanent results in every aspect of a person's life.  It transformed my son's life in every way and he has gone on
to succeed at school, in his social life, in keeping fit and in his
part-time job.  He is now looking forward to university, which seemed an impossibility only three years ago.  And he found the course the most tremendous fun!  It was the best possible investment in his future.

HD age 16

“I found most of them (GCSE’s) quite hard, although I felt that doing my words (the post course programme) helped me in a lot of the writing.  I also felt more confident about my punctuation and my spelling.”

PM age 18

“I was just able to relax – I knew I didn’t have to stress – it was just fine”

His mother wrote “Both my children are visual thinkers.  My son has been reasonably successful in the public school education system but at a great emotional and intellectual cost to himself and emotional cost to us, as parents.  He was diagnosed aged eleven, as dyslexic but never had severe enough spelling and learning difficulties for him to be given extra help at school.  He is a creative lad, who has always been interested in the world around him, developing his ideas, learning, solving problems and working both with people.  All this was brought into question in the education system.  We felt we had to fight every step of the way to make what he was doing have any relevance to any concepts that could be considered worthwhile to him.  Originality and being able to solve problems, develop thoughts and arguments were not appreciated unless they conformed to strict syllabus outlines.  The parameters for what was considered important were very narrow.  P became very frustrated, angry and stressed.  He developed glandular fever and had many school absences.  All this made him feel inadequate and useless. He continued to work and he wanted to do well finally to please his parents.  Sometimes the more he applied himself the worse his exam results became.  He was a square peg in a round hole.

My daughter has more pronounced problems with her dyslexia.  She found it difficult to remember certain information, to spell and to concentrate on her school work.  She became very stressed and felt very different from all the other children.  She couldn't understand why she couldn't work like the others.  We tried to support her as best we could.  Having her diagnosed as dyslexic helped to remove some of the burden.  The label enabled her not to feel guilty about not being able to spell well.  However, she became the dyslexic pupil, someone who had something wrong with her, who wasn't quite the same as everyone else.  We knew our daughter as intelligent, quick, sensitive, responsive and imaginative,.  She makes the most wonderful intricate and delicate objects.  She is also full of ideas for stories and can amuse herself for hours at a time.  However, somehow this wasn't showing in her education. We began to feel that all her talents weren't helping her at school.  In fact she was in danger of retiring into a world of her own.  `Special' help in school only added to the feeling of inadequacy and difference.

Finding Dyslexia Wales was amazing, because finally all these issues were totally turned around.  Instead of seeing all these characteristics which my children showed as negative, they now became positive and exciting.  They were actually pointers to a wonderful, creative, amazing ability which was systematically corrupted at school and crudely pushed into narrow, linear learning.  The education system they were experiencing felt as if it were set up more for the convenience of those on the giving rather than the receiving end.  Working with Caroline, at Dyslexia Wales, the creativity and the intelligence which my children had was finally able to express itself.  This was a wonderfully freeing experience for my daughter, allowing her to blossom, to come into her own, to accept herself and to enjoy her talents, rather than see them as difficulties and obstructions to relating to the world as a whole.”

“Caroline made both children feel unique and important; she was there to listen and to help without imposing herself in any way.  She facilitates without controlling.  The children were able to make their own discoveries at their own pace.

I am now looking forward to doing the course myself as I too am a visual thinker.  I often thought that I appear to be neurotic or difficult....but now I know better.  We all have a hidden wisdom, a wonderful talent which needs to be allowed to grow and blossom.  Caroline at the Dyslexia Wales enables this to happen.”

WP age 18

“Thank you for all your help”

SPR age 22

What I realised from my time at Dyslexia Wales is that I am a visual thinker and that although I am not dyslexic by diagnosis I, and probably most other people, display some of the characteristics of dyslexia. I didn’t suffer in the academic system until I reached university level where the fact that I couldn’t manage my time caught up with me. At school I didn’t have to manage my time, the school timetable did it for me. I was able to address my problem with time management with particular success at Dyslexia Wales.

I had also hoped to advance the skills which I use when cycling. In particular the use of the focus point to accurately determine distances, speeds and angles; and the ability to read fast changing situations in a controlled and relaxed manner. Having completed the course I have significantly improved all of these.

During my course I also stumbled upon a far greater problem which I had no idea existed. I knew what my ambitions were and I was aware of my current situation, but had become completely blind as to how I was going to attain my ambitions. By modelling one simple word I was able to unlock this problem and see a clear way of reaching my goals. It was not far short of a revelation!

The beauty of Dyslexia Wales facilitating is you are the only person limiting how much you can make of it!

EB age 26

“I would like to thank you for doing the workshops with me, which I really enjoyed.  I feel much more confident.  At the end of the week I felt so relaxed and happy.”

MB age 38

“I’m writing to thank you for all the time you spent with me in December.  I am very interested in doing some training and helping people with dyslexia which will encompass this thinking”

CW age 48

“Dyslexia Wales has changed my life.  I had come to a complete standstill, stressed and depressed not knowing what to do.  I still have issues to resolve but the difference is I now know how to deal with them.  When time allows I plan to take the advanced maths course”

HL age 50

“Grateful thanks for a super week”

To book a free assessment with Dyslexia Wales or for more information please contact:

Caroline Keen
Dyslexia Wales
Ysgubor Fawr, Talley, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire SA19 7YY

01558 585 644

info@dyslexiawales.com

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