Dyscastia

Apr 04 2024 17 ep. 67 mins 14
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A podcast for parents and educators about the best way to support kids living with specific learning difficulties. Specific learning disabilities/differences/disorders/difficulties… whatever you call them, they exist and colour people‘s lives everywhere. Dyscastia is a podcast for people who live with any of the Dys family; whether they have a Dys themselves, parent a child with a Dys have a partner with a Dys or teach people with a Dys. So, which Dys‘s are we talking about? You‘ve guessed it – Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia. We call these the 3Ds. Michael Shanahan and Bill Hansberry are specialist teachers of students who live with the Dys. They both run thriving practices and bring their thoughts and experience to you, as well as the unique perspectives of others whose lives are touched by Specific Learning Difficulties and the additional difficulties that can come with them.

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What high-performing countries are doing in maths. With Liana McCurry

Apr 04 2024 80 mins  
In this episode, we have Liana McCurry back to talk about her Churchill Fellowship findings on what the top PISA performing countries are doing with maths instruction and how we can use that information to improve outcomes for kids living with learning difficulties. Show notes Liana McCurry’s Churchill Fellowship has come just in time. Liana travelled abroad to inv

The Importance Of Daily Review

Jan 17 2024 74 mins  
In this episode, we chat about daily review with David Morkunas, current head of teacher efficacy at Brandon Park Primary School, previously a teacher at Bentleigh West Primary School. David Morkunas is a primary school teacher from Melbourne and currently works at Brandon Park Primary School, where his role is to help support whole school improvement in maths. David firs

SLDs And Individual Learning Plans

Nov 14 2023 97 mins  
Sue Griffith Sue is a registered teacher with many years of experience in primary teaching. She has specialist Maths training in programs designed to support students experiencing difficulties or delays in Maths skills, including students with dyscalculia and/or dyslexia. QuickSmart Numeracy Intervention Ron Yoshimoto Multisensory Maths program – based on the

Maths and learning difficulties

Jul 20 2023 75 mins  
In this episode, we chat with math teaching expert Liana McCurry. We delve into best practices for all students when teaching maths. We hope Liana's insights will help create inclusive learning environments where every child can succeed. For the full show notes, including Liana's R-6 scope, sequence and content breakdown, visit our website. https://dyscastia.com/episodes/episode-14

ADHD and learning difficulties

May 20 2023 116 mins  
In this episode, we talk with Psychologist Benita Ranzon about one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized conditions that affect kids and adults - ADHD.

The Teaching Morphology Rabbit Hole and Word Cracking

Feb 12 2023 76 mins  
In this episode, Bill, Michael and Sally discuss morphology teaching and begin demystifying a body of knowledge that sometimes feels like the next frontier for teachers.

The Importance of Handwriting, with Debbie Draper

Dec 26 2022 61 mins  
In this episode, we chat with educational consultant Debbie Draper about handwriting, why it's back and what we need to do to set kids up for successful writing. About Debbie When Debbie was in year five at primary school in rural South Australia, she decided she wanted to be a teacher. After 17 years in the classroom, Debbie decided to switch her focus to

Mental health and specific learning difficulties

Sep 19 2022 70 mins  
In this episode, we chat with clinical psychologist Kirrilie Smout about the emotional challenges of living with specific learning difficulties. Kirrilie givestopert advice for parents and teachers on how to set kids up for success and support them when things get tough. Show notes Not keeping up at school and feeling like you aren’t able to do what the othe

NDIS funding for specific learning difficulties

Jul 15 2022 49 mins  
In this episode, we chat with Kate Cole, a determined parent who managed to secure NDIS funding for her child living with dyslexia. Kate tells us exactly how she did it! In this episode, we chat with Kate Cole, who tells her NDIS funding story. Kate tells us why she applied and how she navigated multiple rejections to ultimately have her funding approved. It’s a stor

How well do universities prepare teachers for literacy instruction?

Jun 17 2022 48 mins  
Show notes In this episode, we chat with two wonderful pre-service teachers, Lara (left) and Robert (right), who have just completed level one of Teaching Students with Dyslexia (TSD1). We thought this would be the perfect opportunity to ask Lara and Robert to reflect on what they’d just learned at TSD and how this contrasted with what they were learning about teaching litera