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Supporting Dyslexia and SpLDs: Awareness and Study Strategies
This Microcourse provides a clear and practical introduction to supporting neurodiverse learners, with a focus on dyslexia, ADHD and attention challenges. Designed for teachers and school leaders, it explores how differences in cognitive processing, working memory and attention shape the learning experience, and why understanding how students learn is as important as what they learn. It highlights both the strengths and challenges of neurodiversity, alongside key classroom strategies including dyslexia-friendly approaches, the “big picture” method, retrieval practice, and the use of assistive technology and AI, all grounded in real classroom application and actionable teaching practice.
Meet the Course Presenter
Meet the Course Presenter
About the Creator
Sarah J Myhill BA(Hons), MArchD, PGCLLD
Sarah J Myhill is a Specialist Dyslexia Tutor, Lecturer and Neurodiverse Academic Skills Support at the University of Buckingham and SASC authorised to Identify ADHD in Young People and Adults.
Sarah is a founding member of the Dyslexia Hub at the university, set up to ‘educate the educators’ in dyslexia and neurodiverse awareness and effective supportive study strategies. She also has her own charity, Degrees with Dyslexia Plus, whose aim is to raise awareness of dyslexia and other neurodivergences in Further and Higher Education (FE/HE) internationally, and showcase that academic success is achievable for all.
She is author of Be a Brilliant Dyslexic Student (2022), Sage Publishing, a qualified coach and mentor accredited by the European Mentoring & Coaching Council and a Mindfulness Now Teacher.
Sarah co-authored the Understanding Dyslexia free eight-week credited course for the Open University on the OpenLearn platform, which lauched in October 2025.
Sarah is a qualified architect and lighting designer but had a career change in 2015 due to some vision difficulties and achieved a postgraduate qualification in Language, Literacies and Dyslexia in Higher Education from University of Birmingham. She also holds Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA FE/HE) and membership of the Professional Association of Specific Learning Difference Specialists in Higher Education (PASSHE).
Sarah J Myhill is a Specialist Dyslexia Tutor, Lecturer and Neurodiverse Academic Skills Support at the University of Buckingham and SASC authorised to Identify ADHD in Young People and Adults.
Sarah is a founding member of the Dyslexia Hub at the university, set up to ‘educate the educators’ in dyslexia and neurodiverse awareness and effective supportive study strategies. She also has her own charity, Degrees with Dyslexia Plus, whose aim is to raise awareness of dyslexia and other neurodivergences in Further and Higher Education (FE/HE) internationally, and showcase that academic success is achievable for all.
She is author of Be a Brilliant Dyslexic Student (2022), Sage Publishing, a qualified coach and mentor accredited by the European Mentoring & Coaching Council and a Mindfulness Now Teacher.
Sarah co-authored the Understanding Dyslexia free eight-week credited course for the Open University on the OpenLearn platform, which lauched in October 2025.
Sarah is a qualified architect and lighting designer but had a career change in 2015 due to some vision difficulties and achieved a postgraduate qualification in Language, Literacies and Dyslexia in Higher Education from University of Birmingham. She also holds Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA FE/HE) and membership of the Professional Association of Specific Learning Difference Specialists in Higher Education (PASSHE).