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15/08/08 - The Mt. Isa Project |
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In 2004 at the
request of parents, Margaret from Dyslexia Testing Services, Brisbane office,
spent 4 days in Mt Isa assessing children to identify dyslexia or other learning
disabilities. This trip was fully funded by parents.
The
following year after the opening of our Townsville office, Sue travelled to Mt
Isa.
By 2006 our presence
in Mt Isa had been noted and the local Neighbourhood Centre began to raise funds
to subsidise annual trips for dyslexia testing. Our thanks go to Christine at the
Neighbourhood Centre for achieving funding from Xstrata Mining Company and
Sydney Myer Fund who have fully funded the trips to Mt Isa in 2007 and 2008. The
logistics of the trips are considerable, as whilst it is easy for Sue to hop on
a plane, the 20kg of assessment materials have to be freighted separately due to
weight limitations on the light aircraft. Our thanks to Sue for willingly
giving time, away from her family, for these trips.
We are very proud of
our initiative to provide City services to remote families and applaud the local
community for supporting us.
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Dore No More
The past week has seen Dore
in Australia and UK go into voluntary administration.
Unfortunately this means
that many families will lose the money that they have paid, for a service they
will no longer receive.
We, at DTS would like to
support those families through our service and advice so that the children
affected still receive appropriate support for their dyslexia.
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13/05/08 - How the brain learns to read |
How the
Brain Learns to Read Can Depend on the Language
Wall Street
Journal May 2,
2008; Page A10
For generations, scholars have
debated whether language constrains the ways we think. Now, neuroscientists
studying reading disorders have begun to wonder whether the actual character of
the text itself may shape the brain. For full
article go to http://tinyurl.com/6c4gax
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04/03/08 Let's define 'learning disabilities' at last |
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Victorian student with dyslexia receives compensation from the Education Department for their failure to support her in her studies.
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06/02/08 Support Teachers |
Education Queensland has a discussion paper
on the redevelopment of the role of the Support Teacher from 2009 involving the
removal of the Appraisement Process.
The paper is long and very teacher
oriented but there are questions posed at the end that are worth responding to
and feedback is requested by 29th February 2008.
I believe that this planned
reorganisation will not improve the situation for students with dyslexia and may
even be more detrimental than the present one.
Please read and respond if you
feel you are able to, with your personal experiences of how the system has
treated your child. This is an EQ document but history shows that the private
and Catholic sectors ultimately follow the EQ lead.
Click here to view the
discussion paper.
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