A Q&A with Sam Hepburn on: The influence and impacts of dyslexia on social work practice
Hello and thank you for joining me for a Q&A with Sam Hepburn. Sam Hepburn is a children and families social worker working in Scotland....
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Jul 26, 20222 min read
1. Psychological Safety for Neurodivergent Social Workers - A Series Introduction
Listen here: As an organisation or manager, one of your top priorities is to support your social workers/employees to feel safe, seen and...
May 17, 20223 min read
Dyslexia Strengths: the role of narrative reasoning in communication
Dyslexic people can remember facts as experiences, examples or stories, rather than abstractions. This is one of our greatest skills....
May 3, 20223 min read
Dyslexia Strengths: the role of communication in simplifying the matrix
In the last episode of Dyslexia Strengths, I explored the role of seeing the bigger picture in forming relationships, facilitating honest...
Apr 19, 20223 min read
Dyslexia Strengths: The role of seeing the bigger picture in communication
In previous posts, such as The Dyslexic Social Worker and The Dyslexic Advantage, we have explored how dyslexia presents and is...
Apr 13, 20223 min read
The trend of promoting dyslexic thinking at work: don't place my value in my production.
This post is a bit out of my comfort zone – it’s focussing on my opinion and reflections about the current 'hype' workplaces have joined...
Jan 16, 20225 min read
Myth-Busting Dyslexia
Despite it being a common learning difference, there are many myths and misconceptions about dyslexia, especially for dyslexic adults....
Nov 24, 20215 min read
The Dyslexic Advantage: Material reasoning
This is the last post in the dyslexic advantage series, where we have explored strengths and skills which are predominately strong in...
Nov 17, 20214 min read
The Dyslexic Advantage: Spotting patterns and making predictions.
Last week, we explored what Narrative reasoning looks like in social work practice and the impact it can have in and on our practice with...
Nov 10, 20216 min read
The Dyslexic Advantage: narrative reasoning
What is narrative reasoning? To understand narrative reasoning, we first need to understand memory. Memory and narrative reasoning are...
Nov 3, 20215 min read
The Dyslexic Advantage: big picture thinking
People with dyslexia often see things more holistically. They can miss the trees but see the forest. Neuroscience is giving us an insight...
Oct 27, 20216 min read
The Dyslexic Advantage: Visual thinking
“Millions have dyslexia, few understand it” (Emanuel, 2016) In my previous post The Dyslexic Social Worker I listed the number of...
Sep 22, 20217 min read
Social Work Interviews- Advice for Dyslexic Social Workers and for Employers.
Listen here: My last post, The Dyslexic Social Worker, provided practical dyslexia advice and support. I received a lot of feedback about...
Aug 20, 20213 min read
The Dyslexic Student Social Worker- Proofreading
Listen here: Welcome to the final episode of the Dyslexic Student Social Worker. This post will provide you with tips and tricks on how...
Aug 8, 20213 min read
The Dyslexic Student Social Worker- Reading
Listen here: Welcome to Part 3 of the Dyslexic Student Social Worker. This post will provide you with tips and tricks on how to make...
Jul 25, 20214 min read
The Dyslexic Student Social Worker- Essays
Listen here: Part two of the Dyslexic Student Social Worker moves on from exploring how to write lecture notes and moves on to discuss...
Jul 9, 20214 min read
The Dyslexic Student Social Worker- How to take great notes
Listen here: The next four bite-size posts aim to provide dyslexic social work students with some tips and tricks to help them along...
Jul 1, 20216 min read
Student Social Work Hub- Opening the Curtain on Dyslexia in Social Work
Listen here: In case you missed it, below is the post I wrote for the Student Social Work Hub. I am in my second year of practice as a...
Jun 18, 20217 min read
The Dyslexic Social Worker
Listen here: As a social worker with dyslexia, I felt an important part of this website and my blog would be to acknowledge the large...
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