The Dyslexia Nobody Sees
Wed, 12 Feb
|Online webinar and meeting
How masking and misunderstanding lead to teenage learning crises — and how this can be prevented.


Time & Location
12 Feb 2025, 19:30 – 21:00 GMT
Online webinar and meeting
About the Event
Dyslexics, at the outset, don't usually realise they are dyslexic. Sometimes, through masking strategies such as hard work, their dyslexia remains hidden from view. When this happens, their dyslexia may be picked up in their mid- to late teens, in adulthood, or... never.
Or sometimes, a child receives a dyslexia diagnosis with some recommendations for support, but the full extent of their dyslexia and its future impact on their learning is still not understood.
In both cases, learning crises lie ahead which will result in stress, self-doubt, often exam anxiety, and sometimes quitting school or college altogether.
With a deeper understanding of how dyslexics naturally think and learn, this can be prevented. When dyslexics are taught how to learn in ways that harmonise with who they are, learning becomes enjoyable and easy.
That is what this webinar is all about.
Your Presenter

Richard Whitehead is Director of Davis UK & Ireland. He is a workshop presenter and specialist in the Davis methods and is personally acquainted with Ronald Davis, who is author of the internationally best-selling book, "The Gift of Dyslexia" and co-author of "Autism and the Seeds of Change". Over the past two decades, he has helped hundreds of neurodiverse individuals to overcome learning challenges as a Davis Programme Facilitator.
Richard originally trained as a linguist and speaks six European languages. He is a Patoss-accredited Specialist SpLD Teacher Assessor and was Special Educational Needs Coordinator in a prestigious independent secondary school for six years. In this context, he frequently supported children and young people experiencing test anxiety and exam phobia. His extensive background in education includes time spent teaching in both the adult and mainstream secondary educational sectors.
Richard is author of the books, Why Tyrannosaurus But Not If? — The Dyslexic Blueprint For The Future of Education and Counting On Fingers: Why Some Bright And Creative People Struggle With Numbers And Maths, And How That Can Be Changed. He has developed "Davis Parent Power — Dyslexia", an in-depth support course for parents of bright but struggling learners.
Richard has written articles on neurodiverse learning for publications as diverse as Literacy Today, Green Parent Magazine and Personnel Today magazine and he has recorded video presentations on dyslexia for the Dystalk project (http://www.dystalk.com). He has conducted webinars on multi-sensory learning for Operation Diversity, the University of Chester and the SEND Group. In 2022, 2023 and 2024, Richard was a guest speaker at the Dyslexia Show in Birmingham. Rebranded the Neurodiversity Show for May 2025, it will this year feature two lectures by Richard.
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