Research

The Learning Disabilties/Dyslexia Project has a significant research component. Particular areas of research interest include:

• The prevalence of learning disabilities/dyslexia in Australian schools.
• The prevalence of learning disabilities/dyslexia in Australian prisons.
• The efficacy of programs for students who have learning disabilities/dyslexia that focus on teaching students to positively address their situation and adopt the attributes that successful adults who have learning disabilities/dyslexia have been found to use ( e.g., assertiveness, creativity and perseverance).
• The usefulness to students who have learning disabilities/dyslexia of technologies (e.g, speech to text software and hand held computers).
• Success factors for Australian adults who have learning disabilities/dyslexia

Australian Research Council Linkage Grant

Pathways for parents of children who have dyslexia

Research articles

Paper presented to the Australian Association for Research Education (AARE) 2004 conference and published on the AARE website:
Engaging and Empowering Students with Learning Difficulties
Nola Firth and Everarda G. Cunningham, Faculty of Higher Education Lilydale, Swinburne University