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ACER - Australian Council for Education Research - The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is a non-governmental educational research organisation established in 1930. As a private company, independent of government, ACER receives no direct financial support and generates its entire income through contracted research and development projects and through products and services that it develops and distributes.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Victoria  -  Business
Services: - Resource Sales


Ants in the Apple - Ants in the Apple Reading and Spelling and Five Fingers Mathematics texts and resources have been fully conceived, written and produced in Australia and are currently used in hundreds of public and independent schools.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Business
Services: - Resource Sales


AUSPELD - AUSPELD, The Australian Federation of SPELD Associations, responds to the needs of children and adults with Specific Learning Difficulties/Disabilities, such as the learning disability dyslexia, and those who care for, teach, and work with them, through the dissemination of information, advocacy, research, and support.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Not for profit
Services: - Advocacy to Government - Resource Sales - Teacher Support
Members rating: 3 stars 3 out of 5 stars -  2 votes


Blake Education - Blake Education is one of Australia’s leading ‘home grown’ educational publishers.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Business
Services: - Resource Sales


Curriculum Corporation - Curriculum Corporation is a partnership of all Australian Education Ministers. It undertakes activities that are in the national interest and that support and augment the work of the States and Territories in providing educational experiences for all students.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Government
Services: - Teacher Support


Education Network Australia - Education Network Australia (edna) is Australia’s leading online resource collection and collaborative network for the education and training community.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Government
Services: - Teacher Support
Members rating: 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars -  2 votes


Irlen Dyslexia Centre - Educational consultants for dyslexia assessment, learning difficulties, reading problems, visual or depth perception issues, headaches while reading.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Business
Services: - Assessment


LD Online - The world's leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD

Location and Organisation Type: USA
Services: - Parent Support - Resource Sales - Teacher Support
Members rating: 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars -  2 votes
Member Comments: 2 member comments


McGraw-Hill Australia and New Zealand - McGraw-Hill Australia & New Zealand are leading educational publishers, combining the resources of a major global company with over 40 years of local expertise and market knowledge.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Business
Services: - Resource Sales


Move to Learn - Barbara Pheloung, the founder of Move to Learn, has spent over 35 years pioneering and developing techniques, used to overcome learning difficulties. A growing number of today's professionals, specialising in areas like LD, ADD, ADHD, Autism, Aspergers and Physical Disabilities, have adopted her techniques.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Business
Services: - Parent Support - Resource Sales - Teacher Support
Members rating: 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars -  1 vote


Samonas Sound Therapy - SAMONAS ('Spectrally Activated Music of Optimal Natural Structure') Sound Therapy is a form of sound therapy developed by Ingo Steinbach (a German musician & sound engineer). It is a variation and extension of the work by Dr. Tomatis which requires listening to a highly sophisticated system of music, voice and sounds from nature which have been purposefully modified or "activated" to stimulate and regenerate the processing system in the brain.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Business
Services: - Resource Sales


Scholastic Australia - Scholastic has been bringing the best of children's publishing to Australian children for over 35 years and is recognised as a market leader in children's publishing.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Business
Services: - Resource Sales


Schwab Learning - Schwab Learning is a nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing reliable, parent-friendly information from experts and parents. It is a A parent's guide to Helping Kids with Learning Difficulties.

Location and Organisation Type: USA  -  Not for profit
Services: - Parent Support
Members rating: 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars -  1 vote
Member Comments: 1 member comment


Spark Top - SparkTop.org - where no two brains think alike - is a place where kids who learn differently can create awesome stuff … play great games … connect with other kids … and discover new ways to succeed in school and in life.

Location and Organisation Type: USA  -  Not for profit
Services: - Kids Content


SPELD NSW - SPELD NSW is the Specific Learning Difficulties Association of New South Wales. SPELD NSW was founded in 1967 and ever since has worked to assist people who have Specific Learning Difficulties and those who care for, teach, and work with them.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  NSW  -  Not for profit
Services: - Advocacy to Government - Members Library - Parent Support - Resource Sales - Teacher Support
Members rating: 3 stars 3 out of 5 stars -  1 vote
Member Comments: 1 member comment


Speld Queensland - A charitable, non-profit association of parents and professionals dedicated to helping children and adults with Specific Learning Difficulties/Disabilities.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Queensland  -  Not for profit
Services: - Advocacy to Government - Members Library - Parent Support - Teacher Support


Speld SA - SPELD is a non profit organisation that provides advice and services to children and adults with specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  South Australia  -  Not for profit
Services: - Advocacy to Government - Members Library - Parent Support - Resource Sales - Teacher Support - Tutor Services


SPELD Victoria - SPELD is a non-political, non sectarian association of parents and professional people interested in children and adults with specific learning difficulties. We have been assisting and educating Victorians with great success for 36 years.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Victoria  -  Not for profit
Services: - Advocacy to Government - Members Library - Parent Support - Teacher Support


The Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation - The Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation provides a range of services and family support throughout Western Australia to enable children and adults with specific learning disabilities to realise their greatest potential.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  Western Australia  -  Not for profit
Services: - Members Library - Parent Support - Teacher Support - Tutor Referal


University of Newscastle Special Education Centre - The Centre for Special Education and Disability Studies brings together the academic and research expertise of staff at The University of Newcastle and at Renwick College of the Royal Institute of Deaf and Blind Children in Sydney to improve the educational and quality of life outcomes for people with disabilities and special needs across the lifespan.

Location and Organisation Type: Australia  -  NSW  -  University
Services: - Advocacy to Government - Assessment - Parent Support - Teacher Support