BOLD, for those who Learn Differently

BOLD :

Welcome

BOLD is a Bendigo-based, parent driven group. BOLD supports and provides information to those struggling with the demands of a literacy based world. We are focussed on community development within a rural setting. We have professional support and links with local and state organisations.

BOLD hosts mornings teas, facilitates information evenings and has provided resources to the Goldfields Library.

BOLD wants to focus on each individual’s strengths and positive qualities. We encourage a deeper understanding about individual learning styles and encourage the teachihg strategies which benefit all learners, especially those who learn differently.

Please read the stories of Kate DeAraugo and her mother, Sue DeAraugo, which focus on the strengths rather the the challenges associated with a learning difference.

BOLD has an auspice arrangement with St Luke's Anglicare.

News

The Missing Piece

BOLD is hosting another essential evening for those still searching for answers by investigating another poorly understood disorder. Last year BOLD held 3 sold-out information evenings with guest speakers Liz Dunoon and Daryl Greaves on the subject of Dyslexia. This year we are starting with -

The Missing Piece

Sensory Processing Disorder

Presented by

Kaitlin Bourke

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

As parents do you have QUESTIONS about your child - perhaps their behaviour -are they over sensitive to touch, sound, or visual stimuli? Are there problems with balance, are they clumsy do they become anxious, not cope with changes/separation, etc, etc?

Teachers are you CONCERNED or CONFUSED with student concentration/ organisation, disruptive behaviours, difficulty copying or reading etc, etc?

If so, then YOU REALLY NEED TO BE THERE. You will learn about what can go wrong with our senses, how this then impacts on children’s lives and strategies on how to start the process of integration.

When: Tuesday 29th May 2012

Time: Arrive 7pm for a 7.30 start

Where: Catholic Education Centre, 120 Hargreaves St Bendigo.

Cost: $10 - Families /Tertiary Students

$35 - Professionals

$30 Rural Schools/ per staff member when 5 or more from an organisation

BOOKING is ESSENTIAL. Enquiries: email info@bold.org.au

Download the registration form.

Download the flyer if you want to help spread the word.

Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand

Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand (DFNZ) was formed to provide a voice for, and services to, the estimated one in ten New Zealanders with dyslexia as well as to those supporting them.

DFNZ was successful in having the New Zealand Government recognise dyslexia and has been working hard to facilitate greater recognition, understanding and action on dyslexia.

The DFNZ is an exciting site to see the progress being made especially with regard to providing support and a framework for schools as well as employers and families. This program is called 4D -'The mantra of the 4D programme is ‘notice and adjust’ – notice the way you or people around you are affected by dyslexia, and adjust your teaching/learning/instructional or managerial techniques accordingly.' Further DFNZ argue 'if you get it right for dyslexics, you get it right for everyone. This is because the type of personalised approaches that benefit dyslexic students, family members and employees can also produce constructive results for other non-dyslexic individuals in the same environment. In essence, equity in education and the workplace is not about treating everyone the same – one size does not fit all. Rather it is about acknowledging individual strengths and weaknesses and working with those.'

This site is worth a visit and if you click below on - read more -you will automatically link to

http://www.dyslexiafoundation.org.nz