SPELADD New Zealand Inc

SPELADD New Zealand Inc We aim to help people with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), and those who live and work with them. This includes but is not limited to dyslexia.

30/03/2026

The office will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9-2.30 and Thursdays 9-12.30 during the Easter Holidays.

25/03/2026

Michael Phelps, Olympic gold medalist has ADHD
“When I’m focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I’m gonna get there.” — No Limits: The Will to Succeed

Pen GripLearning to hold a pencil and pen correctly helps develop fine motor skills, handwriting fluency and reduce fati...
25/03/2026

Pen Grip
Learning to hold a pencil and pen correctly helps develop fine motor skills, handwriting fluency and reduce fatigue while writing, which are essential. The correct grip is a valuable skill that contributes to both physical well-being and can improve a child’s attitude towards learning and academic achievement. We have a wide variety of pencil grips designed to correctly position fingers when writing in the SPELADD shop https://speladd.org.nz/product/pencil-grips/

How to draw an Easter bunny in 4 steps.
24/03/2026

How to draw an Easter bunny in 4 steps.

24/03/2026

We are looking for an SLD (Specific Learning Disabilities) assessor!
The role is on an ad-hoc basis, assessing in our office at Studio 201, Square Edge Centre, Palmerston North.
As an assessor you must have a proven background in education and be up to date with research, resources and techniques. You will need to have or be willing to develop an excellent understanding of Dyslexia/SLDs, Attention Deficit Disorders and the Neurodiverse. You need to have the interpersonal and communication skills necessary to convey information sensitively to our clients.
Our SPELADD assessors meet, interview and assess clients, complete assessment reports in a timely manner, and occasionally attend meetings with external interested parties and agencies.
For more details, please contact the office on 06 3590495 or office@speladd.org.nz Training and ongoing support will be provided.

23/03/2026

The Importance of Spelling

Clackmannanshire Study (2007/2019) indicates that teaching spelling through synthetic phonics (encoding) before or alongside reading (decoding) significantly boosts literacy. When children spell words—transforming sounds into letters—it demands more focus on the internal structure of words (phonemes to graphemes) than just reading them, thus boosting memory and recognition.

18/03/2026

Handwriting educator Belinda Blick-Duggan said handwriting is important for the literacy development including letter to sound and phonics knowledge for younger students.
"I think people are starting to recognise now that handwriting is actually one of those things that is really crucial to learning and literacy development."
"All the scientific research is showing at the moment that it is really important for memory retention so the actual skill of learning handwriting, becoming fluent writers, is really important."
Handwriting “crucial’ for memory retention – educator By 1News Reporters 03/07/24

16/03/2026

Working memory and remembering instructions
Kids rely on both incoming information and information stored in working memory to do an activity. If they have weak working memory skills, it’s hard to juggle both. This can make it challenging to follow multi-step directions. Kids with weak working memory skills have trouble keeping in mind what comes next while they’re doing what comes now. For example, your child may not be able to mentally “go back” and recall what sentence the teacher wanted written down while also trying to remember how to spell out the words in that sentence.

11/03/2026

Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants series

“I try to get the point across that not everybody thinks the same way. There are obvious benefits to being ‘book smart,’ but I think common sense and creativity is just as good (maybe even better).” — USA Today

09/03/2026

Each individual with dyslexia is different and their needs have to be supported in different ways.

04/03/2026

Dyslexia is a common, neurobiological, and often hereditary learning difference which is estimated to affect about 1 in 10 people.
Common symptoms for children are: difficulty learning to recognise letters, rhyming, slow reading speed, sounding out simple words, left/right confusion.
Common symptoms for adults are: slow reading, the need to re-read, difficulty with spelling, organising.
Those with dyslexia are often creative, and have spatial and holistic thinking e.g. ‘big picture’ thinking and ‘thinking outside of the box’.

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Palmerston North

Opening Hours

Tuesday 09:00 - 14:30
Wednesday 09:00 - 14:30
Thursday 09:00 - 12:30

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+6463590495

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