Archive | November, 2011

Neil Mackay – International Presenter to Provide Great Opportunity for Teachers and Parents

Neil Mackay – International Presenter to Provide Great Opportunity for Teachers and Parents

Neil is known for his ability to bring the classroom into his training and for providing lively, entertaining and thought provoking opportunities for teachers…

The ‘Raising Children Network’ – A Great On-line Resource for Parents

The ‘Raising Children Network’ – A Great On-line Resource for Parents

This award winning website is targeted at providing assistance to parents of all children and contains some very useful information on how to help parents support children with learning difficulties. With interactive tutorials, discussion forums and an extraordinary amount of information this website will help any parent, not just those of children with learning difficulties,  Read more »

Review of the Disability Standards for Education

Review of the Disability Standards for Education

Education providers have a positive obligation to make changes to reasonably accommodate the needs of a student with disability. Mandy Nayton, current President of AUSPELD (the Australian Federation of SPELD Associations), provided the following submission for the review process.

Working Towards a Nationally Consistent Approach to the Collection of Information on Students with a Disability

Working Towards a Nationally Consistent Approach to the Collection of Information on Students with a Disability

A recent report produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers under contract of the Department of Education has provided some good news for those with learning disabilities. In 2008, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to work towards a nationally consistent approach to the collection of information on students with disability. This approach took the form of a  Read more »