MY SEMINARS AND MY BOOKS

LAUGHTON KING - SEMINARS ON DYSLEXIA - for teachers and parents.
- AFFIRMATIONS/VALIDATIONS/REFERENCES
- SEMINAR TOUR - itinerary
- SEMINAR CONTENT
- Precise of my two books - REACHING THE RELUCTANT LEARNER,
- WITH, NOT AGAINST, a parentinmg manual.






“As a dyslexic person myself, I have a fair understanding of the nightmare that many of these children are living through.”

“There is nothing ‘wrong’ with the child – just as there is nothing ‘wrong’ with a diesel engine – we just need to learn that it works differently from a petrol engine, and needs different fuel.

“Being dyslexic, and being academically qualified, as well as being professionally experienced, I am in a reasonably rare position. I see this as being a privilege - but it carries an obligation.

“My obligation, and my mission is simply to assist the teachers, and the parents of these children, to understand their style and their reality.

“I am currently on a self-funded, four-year tour of New Zealand, taking every opportunity I can to assist these children – of which there are probably five or more in every classroom in the country.

“Short teacher training seminars, sessions for Teacher Aides and Learning Support workers, evening seminars for parents – an introduction to a different way of viewing the child. This can make all the difference.



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Laughton King,
Educational Psychologist,
Author
Visiting speaker,
offers short seminars at your school.

Having practiced as an Educational, Child and Family Psychologist for thirty years, Laughton has now closed his practice in Whangarei, and is touring New Zealand. With his partner, oils artist Natalie Tate, he is taking his life-time experience as a ‘dyslexic learner’, and his thirty years as a professional practitioner, to the road.

From their 5-tonne mobile studio/home, their aim is to spend four years touring the country, visiting both cities and the smaller centers, with Laughton offering short seminars to local communities – teachers, teacher aides, parents and specialist educators – around the topics of learning difficulties (including ‘dyslexia’) and co-operative parenting.

Recognising that smaller communities are generally by-passed by the ‘visiting speaker circuit’ it is Laughton and Natalie’s intention to bring their skills to ‘heartland New Zealand’ in an enjoyable and economic manner.

Their proposed itinerary will bring them through the South Island in 2008/09, spending; May – July (08), the Nelson/Marlborough area,
August – February, (09) in Christchurch,
March – April, the West coast,
May – August, the Dunedin area,
September – December (09), Southland.

In 2010 they will be back in the North Island, progressively working northwards through the year.







SEMINARS

The seminars would be 2-3 hours in length (typically to teachers and teacher aides during the day), and for groups of 12 to 100 participants – from your own school, or from the wider general community. By inviting the wider community and other local schools, the seminars could become cost-free to the host school.

These seminars will involve three major components;
A. Developing a working definition of ‘dyslexia’, and understanding the difficulties in establishing such a definition.
B. Looking at the implications for the child – the child’s experience.
C. Looking at the implications for the teacher and parent.

This will allow both parents and teachers to identify the child in question, to perceive them differently, and thence to respond to them differently.

The gains for both child and adult will be marked, and immediate.

Laughton is happy to be contacted by e-mail; laughton.king@win.co.nz
















SAMPLE FLYER



OUR KIDS, OUR PARENTS, OUR SCHOOL, OUR COMMUNITY


Laughton King was a sad and lonely dyslexic kid, who hated school.

That was 50 years ago.


Now he is a Child Psychologist, therapist, author and visiting speaker
– and will be at our school to talk with parents about children,
and the way their brains tick.



TUESDAY 2nd DECEMBER 7.00 p.m.

SCHOOL LIBRARY


No need for the Terrible Twos, Ferocious Fours, or the Fearsome Fives.
No need to scream and shout repeatedly at your children.

Laughton will share from his 30 years of working with families.
He will show us the tiny changes we can make in what we do,
that will allow our children to make huge changes in what they do.

These changes will allow your child to give you the behaviour you are looking for.

Author of

‘WITH, NOT AGAINST’, and ‘REACHING THE RELUCTANT LEARNER’

Laughton will help us understand the differences between male and female thinking, and what ‘dyslexia’ is all about. His books will be for sale on the night.

Join us for a fun, friendly and informative evening.




Contact Laughton at any time (ph 0274 171 804, or laughton.king@win.co.nz) for further articles regarding dyslexia, information regarding his books (REACHING THE RELUCTANT LEARNER, and WITH, NOT AGAINST), or to discuss staff training, or parenting seminars.
(Further info available on their shared website; www.natalieart.com/ontour.htm)


OTHER OFFERINGS

Laughton offers simple, brief and insightful articles clarifying many of the issues around ‘dyslexia’. These include amongst others;
1. Help! – our boys think in pictures. – a simple look at the way boys think – and learn – that sheds useful light on our language of instruction.
2. What is it like to be ‘dyslexic?’ - speaking from his own experience as a child, Laughton offers insights into the mind-space of the child who struggles with language.
3. What do you mean ADD/ ADHD? – would we continue to use such labels if we really understood what the child himself is experiencing?
4. What else goes with being ‘dyslexic’? – describing a child as ‘dyslexic’ is like describing a dog as ‘something that doesn’t fly’. There is a raft of characteristic style that frequently presents in the ‘dyslexic’ child – but which we may not recognise. More information may allow more understanding, and a lot more tolerance – on the part of teachers and parents alike.











LAUGHTON’S BOOKS

“REACHING THE RELUCTANT LEARNER – a manual of strategies for Teachers and Parents.
- Laughton King. 178 pages. 3rd edition, self-published 2006, NZ.

This very practical and helpful manual focuses on the learning difficulties that come under the ‘umbrella’ notion of ‘Dyslexia’. The author examines why such difficulties are so common in our schools - right around the English-speaking world - and before giving parents and teachers insights as to how to work usefully with these children, demonstrates what the world is like from the inside for these children.

He looks at how these children think, at how they understand the world, at the impact on their behaviour, and at what life is like for them – on the inside. He includes a biographical section based around his own personal experiences as a ‘dyslexic’ child.

In clarifying the fundamental differences between linguistic and pictorial thinking styles, and the connection between learning difficulty and behaviour problems, this book opens the way for parents and teachers to reach, and therefore to effectively teach so-called reluctant learners.

Cost: $50 plus postage.

Orders: e-mail; laughton.king@win.co.nz

Laughton King is a registered New Zealand psychologist who has worked with children and parents in schools and their homes over the last thirty years. He has published in parenting magazines all around the world, and is well-known as a public speaker/trainer. His other major book “WITH, NOT AGAINST” is dedicated to supporting positive parenting strategies.







“WITH, NOT AGAINST”

- a compendium of positive parenting strategies.
- Laughton King. 121 pages Self –published Second Edtn 2008.

Written with the busy parent in mind, this book is orientated to taking the head-on fight out of parenting, and is based on the author’s thirty years of clinical work with parents of young children.

This book is written as a practical manual, has a simple, bite-size presentation and is free from the pages of theory that commonly restrict easy access to useful information.

The book focuses on the small things parents do that make it difficult for children to comply and co-operate, and gives examples and illustrations of how we can easily work with our children to achieve happier households.

Includes; Bedtime strategies, Behaviour management, Language of parenting, Toileting, Mealtime behaviour, Arguments, use of Praise and Humour, amongst other issues that can make parenting a lonely and difficult role.

Cost: $50 plus postage.

Orders: e-mail; laughton.king@win.co.nz

Laughton King is a registered New Zealand psychologist who has worked with children and parents in schools and their homes over the last thirty years. He has published in parenting magazines all around the world, and is well-known as a public-speaker/trainer, and for his major educational contribution “REACHING THE RELUCTANT LEARNER” – a manual for teachers and parents of ‘dyslexic’ children.






VALIDATIONS

‘We are really pleased with the interest that has been generated from your workshops… and it seems that those who attended your Gisborne sessions were very pleased, and the evaluations indicate its success.’
REAP Tairawhiti


‘One of our parents attended your course and she came back absolutely ecstatic about the info you had given her to work with her son. The changes at home are starting to already be apparent at kindergarten and she had a lot of light-bulb moments during your talk.
So thanks again’.
Lynne

‘I’ve just had a conversation with my Teacher Aide who attended your evening last night at Victory School, (Nelson) and she raved about you and your presentation.’
Pam

‘I attended thinking I was going to learn about my son, but came away with a much better understanding of my own life. For the first time it all made sense.’
Brian. Carterton

‘Hi,
Can you please add me to your database I bought 3 of your books at South Intermediate. It was an excellent evening and have already put into practice many of the things you suggested and things in our house-hold have changed already. - love the 3 minutes in the dark. Would like to know when else over the next few months you are speaking in CHCH as many people I have talked to would like to hear you speak.
Raelene

‘Hi Laughton,
Last night was great. I've been mulling over bits of it all day’.
Glenys


‘Hi Laughton,
My sister in law informed me about a seminar of yours, which she attended at Halswell School last week. From what she told me, I am disappointed I missed it. She came away inspired.I home-school my son and we are members of a couple of home-school groups. I believe your talk would be of benefit to members of these groups.’
Linda

‘Dear Laughton,
Just wanted to thank you for last night at Halswell school. This morning I have been able to find the words that clarify the benefits of our chosen multi-sensory approach to 'picture' learners and thinkers. I also feel that the petrol engine thinkers will benefit greatly from tapping into their emotional, intuitive and creative side’.
Liz

‘Hi Laughton,
Wow have you got our staff thinking. Thank you so much for your presentation on Tuesday. You have really opened the staffs eyes as to the impact our teaching and 'phrasing' of instructions really affects our children day to day. Many of the staff have commented they are coming to the community night on Monday’.
Emma

‘Dear Laughton,
Thank you so much for today. I am so thrilled that you have turned up out the blue and moved our staff to a new level of thinking. I really believe they will come in tomorrow and think more carefully about their class. I hope many other schools invite you to do what you have done for us. See you soon’.
Penny