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 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 Caroline Hardisty | Jul 8, 2025 | Australia, Early years, Nursery, Pre K, UK, USA
Laying the Foundations for Reading Through a Speech-to-Print Approach In nursery settings, practitioners do much more than help children socialise and play—they lay the crucial foundations for their future reading success. One of the most important things early years...
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...
by admin | May 28, 2025 | Australia, Case Study, Home Education
Susan joined the Sounds-Write program after choosing to homeschool her two young children. In this blog, she shares her successes, challenges, and how the program supported her to teach her children to become proficient readers, writers and spellers. Why...
