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About Us

The Synthetic Phonics course has been designed and published by Direct Learning, in conjunction with Synthetic Phoncs website.

John Bradford

The course Director is John Bradford, M.A., Ac. Dip. Ed., Adv. Fr.Dip., A.C.P.

John Bradford has over thirty years experience of working with children, teenagers, college students and dyslexic adults; he has worked as a lecturer in education, as a school principal/head teacher, and has been involved in advising, counselling and training teachers, parents, educational professionals, dyslexic children and dyslexic adults.

He is founder of the following websites:

• Synthetic Phonics
• Dyslexia Teacher
• Dyslexia Parents Resource
• Dyslexia Adults Link
• Dyslexia College and University
• Dyslexia Test
• Dyslexia Online Magazine
• The Dyslexia Journal
• Classroom Assistant
• Teaching Assistant

His goal is to help children, teenagers and dyslexic adults by making the information they need freely available throughout the whole English-speaking world using the access provided by the Internet. The websites and Discussion Forums he founded are visited by more than two million people each year. The free monthly World of Dyslexia Newsletter is subscribed to by over 20,000 people.

He is a pioneer in the field of objective distance learning, as well as the assessment of dyslexia. He works with children, teenagers and adults with dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, Attention Deficit (ADD and ADHD) and other learning difficulties.

Articles he has written in the Dyslexia Online Magazine include:

MULTI-SENSORY TEACHING METHODS John Bradford writes about this key approach to teaching dyslexic children (with some terrible drawings!). In English and Spanish	HEARING YOUR CHILD READ John Bradford gives advice to parents. The Golden Rule is: 'If your child cannot read a word, then tell them - quickly!' In English and Spanish
Listen to the sounds of the letters. THE SOUNDS THE LETTERS MAKE John Bradford describes how to help your child sound out new words. Listen to the actual sounds of the letters. In English and Spanish	DESIGNING WEB PAGES FOR DYSLEXIC READERS Many web pages are very difficult for dyslexic surfers to read, with dark backgrounds, wide columns of print and flashing graphics. John Bradford outlines some principles for good design. In English and Spanish
WHAT CAUSES DYSLEXIA? John Bradford summarizes the latest research into the causes of this learning difficulty. In English and Spanish	APPROACHING YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL John Bradford recommends ways in which you can prepare yourself for that meeting with the principal/headteacher. In English and Spanish