About

VISION STATEMENT

"SPELD Qld Inc aims to help all Queenslanders affected by specific learning disabilities and difficulties by providing services to improve educational and learning outcomes."

SERVICE

SPELD Qld is a not-for-profit organisation of parents and professionals whose primary service is helping children and adults who have specific learning disabilities or specific learning difficulties.

Students with learning disabilities are a small group of students who, because of the neurological basis of their difficulties, have persistent long-term needs in one or more of the areas of literacy, numeracy and learning how to learn.
Students who are experiencing learning difficulties are those whose access to the curriculum is limited because of short term persistent problems in one or more areas of:

Literacy
Numeracy
Learning how to learn

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

There are four aims and thirteen objectives. These aims and objectives are consistent with the purpose and vision of SPELD Qld Inc as stated above.

Aim one: to increase community awareness of the nature and implications of the problems that people with specific learning disabilities and learning difficulties experience.

Objectives one and two:

To benchmark the level of community awareness of specific learning disabilities and difficulties
To benchmark the level of community awareness of SPELD Qld

Aim two: to advocate by lobbying policy makers to provide the necessary support facilities and education opportunities to enable people of all ages with specific learning disabilities and learning difficulties to reach their full life potential.

Aim three: to maintain currency and disseminate research on specific learning disabilities and difficulties

Objectives three - six:

To meet with the Education Minister once a year
To meet with local members once a year
To develop position statements on issues related to specific learning disabilities and learning difficulties

Aim four: to provide support and services for parents, professionals and other clients

Objectives seven - thirteen:

Include the latest research in every magazine
Offer community workshops that feature current research
Run tutor professional sessions
Run a biannual conference
Collaborate with university research
Maintain high levels of parent sales satisfaction with current services
Promote assessment services

STAKE HOLDERS

WHAT SPELD IS

Not for profit organisation
Established in 1969 - parents with children with SLD
Run by a volunteer management committee
Service provider – schools, universities, TAFE, individual and other community groups

WHAT SPELD DOES

Gives knowledge and support about Specific Learning Disabilities – Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia and Dyspraxia. Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders, ADD difficulties associated with Specific learning Disabilities
Undertakes a service agreement with Department of Education & Training every 3 years.

SERVICES

Advisory line for parents and professionals
Academic assessments (literacy; numeracy; dyslexia screening tests)
Referral to psychometric assessments
Tutor services
Advising on Assistive Technology
Library service for members
Conferences – every two years
Magazines – three per year.

WHAT SPELD HAS

Quality reputation, integrity, trust, passion and commitment to SLD
Efficiently run organisation with accountability
Membership of AUSPELD – national voice for each state Speld association

WHAT SPELD NEEDS

Acquisition of a sponsor
Ways to increase funding and donations
Develop strategies to make Speld better known