Feedback I have received about my work

I had no previous experience working with students with special educational needs which is why I came to your seminars. So I just thought I'd write to say how engaging and informative your seminars were. I attended 'dyslexia as a learning preference' and 'notice and adjust strategies for a busy classroom'. You made me aware of so many little tactics that can make the running of the classroom that bit more exciting but wholly educational at the same time.

I was part of the group of Salford teachers who attended your training last Thursday and wanted to thank you. As SENCO I was responsible for organising our involvement and was greeted on Friday by the majority of colleagues not only with a smile - unusual in itself on a Fri morning - but also with thanks for the training. That was a first. The most common words used to describe the training were practical and inspirational.

Thank you once again for a very thought provoking and enjoyable day, which is already having a positive and immediate impact upon the learning for all the children in our school.

A big thank you again for your workshop. It was very much appreciated by all and we have been having some great feedback. We went out today and bought lots of pastel-shaded paper and will use this after we've used up the last of our white

Thanks Neil, Staff response has been really positive, with everyone finding the training very useful. This is an excellent starting point for us. Thank you.

Hi Neil, It was great hearing you again in East Sussex..inspiring. Am having a lot of feedback from schools who seem buzzing with it.

Orkney Learning Festival - Feedback from the LF was very good overall and your courses were highly praised.

On the way home [From "Working with your child at home"] I was asking Chris [my son] what he thought of the day and asking him what he had learnt. His reply made me smile (I'm sure you mentioned something about self-esteem), he said "I learnt that I'm very talented", - well what can you say to that?

Feedback from Hong Kong:

Comments from Evaluation Forms

• It gives me a lot of insight about phonic teaching and lots of English teaching activities.
• Lots of teaching strategies which we can apply in our classroom. Quite useful.
• Understanding why SpLD students have difficulties in learning English.
• Possible solutions / classroom practice to help them overcome the problems.
• Practical and concrete teaching ideas in helping students tackle the phonemic problems.
• We understand our students' difficulties more, which somehow changed our attitude and perspectives towards them.
• It inspired us some simple strategies or tactic which may help students a lot.
• The introduction and demonstration of activities makes me feel confident in applying them in school.

Experience sharing sessions

• Useful materials from websites.
• Raise my awareness towards a dyslexic-friendly classroom setting.
• Have learned some interesting activities to try out in the lessons.
• The lecturer's presentation & course materials are all very helpful for my future careers.
• It helps us to get familiar with the characteristic and subtypes of students with SpLD. Also, it provides a wide range of strategies that can help improve those students' English proficiency.
• Mr. MacKay is a very helpful teacher. He provides a lot of activities / games