Dyslexia & Depression
All Things Dyslexia
English - September 09, 2021 09:15 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB - ★★★★ - 1 ratingMental Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement dyslexia all things dyslexia a2i a2i dyslexia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr Neil Alexander-Passe is dyslexic himself, and is the Head of SEND unit at a large co-education mainstream secondary school in North London, rated by OFSTED to be 'outstanding'. He is also an inclusion expert for the UK's Department of Education. He gained his Doctorate/PhD in 2018.
In 1990 he gained a BA Hons in Graphic Design (University of South Wales) leading to a 20-year successful career as a graphic designer in the travel industry. In 2005 gained an MPhil researching how dyslexic teenagers cope using measures of self-esteem, coping and depression (The Open University), and in 2010 he published his first book ‘Dyslexia and Depression: The Hidden Sorrow’.
His passion is to understand the trauma that many dyslexics experience at school, and any emotional ramifications that follow impacting on mental health. In 2010 he retrained as a teacher and has worked in special needs in both primary and secondary education. He is an advocate of early assessment in schools (gaining his CPT3A in 2014, so is a qualified assessor), and this has led him to present to MPs and peers in parliament on educational policy.
His current focus is with a ‘bi-ability’ theoretical model for dyslexia (compared to the ‘social’ model of disability) and the use of a ‘post-traumatic growth’ concept to understand how many dyslexic individuals can be successful ‘despite or because’ they experienced traumatic schooling as children.
His academic books include two edited volumes investigating ‘Dyslexia and Creativity’ (2010) and ‘Dyslexia and Mental Health’ (2012) and a book investigating ‘Dyslexia, Dating, Marriage and Parenthood’ (2012).
He has also written books on ‘Dyslexia and Mental Health: Helping people identify destructive behaviours and find positive ways to cope’ (2015), ‘The Successful Dyslexic-Identify the keys to unlock your potential’ (2017) and 'Surviving School as a Dyslexic Teenager: A Guide for Parents and their Teenager Children (Critical Youth Studies)' (2020).
Connect with Dr Neil Alexander-Passe online:
Twitter: @DyslexicSuccess
Website: www.dyslexia-research.com
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