Dyslexia - The gifts and the challenges: A workshop for teachers

The Facilitator for this workshop will be Ann Swain BS Mus Therapy, Lic INPP, MA Ed. Neuroscience. Having trained as a Steiner Waldorf teacher, she then went on to train as a Waldorf “Remedial” teacher with Rosemary Gebert at Michael Hall. Ann took up a post as Learning Support teacher at Michael Hall where she worked for 18 years, developing screening and assessment protocols and teaching children and adolescents with special educational needs. During those years she did the Bothmer Movement training at Michael Hall, the INPP Reflex Integration training in Chester, as well as the Johansen Sound Therapy. Just recently she completed a Masters degree in Educational Neuroscience at University of London, focusing on the human mirror neuron system and the default mode network. Her particular professional interests involve movement development in atypical learners, sensory integration and above all – excellent delivery of Steiner Education to all learners. As part of SWASEND she consults to Steiner Waldorf Schools in the UK. Ann is a founding member and co-director of SWASEND (previously SWDA), director of Align for Learning SEN training seminar and is SENCo at the Norwich Steiner School.