Communication Conundrum: The Diversity of Communication Differences some of our DAS Students Face
Speech and Language Therapists are trained to assess and treat speech, language and communication difficulties in children to enable them to communicate to the best of their ability. Communication difficulties can be a speech difficulty, where just the child’s speech sounds are affected; a language issue, where the child’s understanding or ability to say words, phrases or sentences is affected; or it may […]
CEO Thoughts: Another amazing end to the year!
What is known as Term 4 Week 11 at DAS is usually an extremely busy period filled with events, screening sessions, school holiday workshops. Inevitably, the two larger events, the Speech and Drama Arts Performance (Tues 21 Nov) and the Student Graduation and Achievement Awards Ceremony (Sat 25 Nov) took centrestage. The Speech and Drama […]
CEO Thoughts: Getting energized by young people
Was at the StartSmall Concert organized by students from River Valley High School on Sunday night, 26 November. There was also a carnival earlier that day. This is the third year in a row that students from RVHS have organised a fund raiser for DAS and we are most appreciative of their efforts. It has […]
Why is Learning Written Chinese so Difficult?
This article attempts to explain why dyslexic students experience difficulties learning written Chinese. We do this by linking some of the inherent difficulties faced by dyslexic children with the nature of the Chinese script. Nature of the Chinese Script Each Chinese character is made up of different strokes. The visual complexity of a Chinese character […]