It’s time to free your dyslexic child from writing with a pen, get them touch typing. Schools vary enormously, some insist on pupils using keyboards and others will not allow them at all. YRD wants to make sure all dyslexic children learn to type and are allowed to use their typing skills in school. This year, 2 youngsters have achieved 30wpm Gold Star Awards! Their self esteem has shot through the roof, they can do something no-one else in their class can do! Typing Club has 2x30mins sessions (15min break) and children are also strongly encouraged to practise at home during the week – little and often is more effective than doing one hour once a week, for example. Englishtype makes learning fun, playing games, collecting outfits for the character Qwerty and winning awards & trophies – the children really enjoy this.

Englishtype uses a unique colour coding system of fingers & keys and teaching is done using complimentary coloured keyboards (the onscreen keyboard shows letters & colours, the typing keyboard just has colours).Ĭhildren can get to their muscle memory working in as little as 10-12 weeks (the target is 30 words per minute, an amazing speed, this is muscle memory speed). YRD Typing Club offers weekly sessions and uses Englishtype, a multi-sensory program designed by an Educational Psychologist specialising in Dyslexia. For a dyslexic child, this gives huge boost to self esteem. The skill transfers into the unconscious muscle memory it improves spelling, reduces cognitive processing load and frees the mind’s creativity. The significant benefits of typing are unlocked when the process becomes an automatic, physical skill – like playing a sport or instrument or riding a bike. YRD now promotes touch typing for dyslexic children.

However, even +25 years on, dyslexic children are still unlikely to learn to type in school, despite typing being taught in countries like Australia, Canada & American.

He was one of the first dyslexics in the county to do so he learned to use the keyboard and was able to ‘hunt and peck’ quite quickly. Pat Payne, YRD Chair, first realised the benefit of typing for a dyslexic when her son was able to use a laptop while sitting his GCSE exams in 1993.

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