The people behind Word Cracking
Sally Andrew
Sally holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Dyslexia and Literacy from the University of York, UK. Sally has been tutoring students with dyslexia for 25 years and has trained many parents and educators in evidence-based multisensory interventions for dyslexia. Sally is the director of By Your Side Tutoring. Sally formerly co-presented the popular Teaching Students with Dyslexia (TSD) suite of training for Specialist Multisensory Literacy Teachers.
Sally co-developed the Literacy Support Kit with Michael and the Word Cracker suite of morphology resources with Bill Hansberry.
Michael Shanahan
Michael is the director of Dyslexic Strengths and is a specialist reading and maths intervention tutor in Adelaide, South Australia. Michael lives with dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADHD. He has a Bachelor of Education and has completed the highly regarded Teaching Students with Dyslexia (TSD) training. Michael also runs Dyscastia, a podcast for parents and teachers of kids who live with learning difficulties.
If you are in South Australia, Michael maintains a directory of specialist literacy and maths tutors on his website, South Australian Literacy & Maths Specialist Tutors.