by Tita Beaven | Jul 29, 2025 | Blog, Interventions, SEND, Symposium
At this year’s Sounds-Write Symposium, Mandy Nayton, CEO of DSF in Western Australia, delivered a keynote that brought clarity to a question many educators grapple with: What’s the difference between MTSS and RtI—and does it really matter? Spoiler alert: Yes, it does....
by Tita Beaven | Jul 28, 2025 | Blog, Decodable Readers, News
When choosing resources to support early reading, educators often face a key decision: decodable readers vs levelled readers. While both offer structured experiences for beginning readers, the path they build toward literacy is vastly different. In this blog, we’ll...
by Tita Beaven | Jul 18, 2025 | Australia, SEND
Inspired by the 2025 Sounds-Write Symposium presentation by Jacqui Edwards and Di Van der Walt Introduction Students with complex profiles of neurodivergence often present unique challenges—and opportunities—in the classroom. One such profile is Pathological Demand...
by Tita Beaven | Jul 10, 2025 | Blog, Primary Education, Secondary School, UK
The newly-published Writing Framework (2025) and the Reading Framework (2023) together offer schools a clear, research-informed direction: secure the foundations of reading and writing early, and build on them progressively throughout primary education. They emphasise...
by Tita Beaven | Jun 25, 2025 | Blog, Interventions, News, SEND
This blog post was inspired by Professor Joe Elliott’s keynote: “Rethinking Dyslexia: From Diagnostic Labels to Evidence-Based Reading Support” at the Sounds-Write Symposium 2025. His thought-provoking presentation challenged many of the assumptions we often make...
