Dyslexia support for Australians?

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Dyslexia News from the web:

Australian parents insist there is a need to raise awareness about Dyslexia, and boost teacher training to ensure early intervention for dyslexic students. Dyslexia in fact is recognised under the disability discrimination.

The Government is promising to consider changes, including extra teacher training.

Education Minister Chris Bourke says a new group of parents and academic experts will investigate what is needed .

“I’m establishing a taskforce which is going to report to me with a work plan by the end of this year about how we can make any necessary changes that we need to do and also the kinds of extra professional development that we may need for our teachers,” he said.

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No Dyslexia support downunder

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Read today’s story about the lack of support for Dyslexia assessments and treatments. It is by now a proven fact that the early recognition of Dyslexia and early intervention are key  in improving the results at a later age. It is mind boggling to hear that still now in this day and age there is a lack of recognition by some governments. What are these people doing? How can they ignore the mountain of research and documentation?

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Design a Home study course on Dyslexia

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This is a contest to design a Home study course for Dyslexia, aimed at teachers and teaching assistants in the UK. You can actually earn 100 GBP with this task and you will get information and support if your design is the chosen one. You won’t have to add actual course work but just design the outline.

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