Older Learners
SPELD SA provides a wide range of educational resources, professional learning, and services to support older students and mature-aged individuals experiencing specific learning difficulties.
Assistive Technology
Assistive technology includes devices and equipment that support older learners by enhancing their learning capabilities and facilitating skill practice.
Workshops
We offer further training in supporting learners in secondary schools and beyond. Workshops throughout the year focus on students requiring small group and individual support.
Intensive Literacy Program
The SPELD SA Literacy Program is for older learners wanting to develop or consolidate basic reading, spelling and writing skills.
Successful Learning with Dyslexia
Alice Kleinig’s article discusses the challenges faced by many individuals with dyslexia. These include low confidence and poor self-esteem, which can make achieving a university degree or a successful career seem out of reach. Alice has strategies to help overcome these challenges.
More about our services
Literacy Clinic
Our Literacy Clinic offers sessions for older learners who are struggling with reading and spelling. We provide effective, high-quality 1:1 intervention. Whether you're looking to improve your literacy skills for work, study, or everyday life.
SPELD SA Tutor Service
A SPELD SA tutor can establish your individual learning goals across literacy and numeracy. With access to educational resources and professional learning to support specific learning difficulties.
Consultations
Consults with Alice Kleinig, who can provide strategies and advocacy for high school and tertiary aged students who are living with learning difficulties
Consults with Sam Pryde, who can help older students set up their own electronic devices to switch on free assistive technology software.
Assessments
You may consider a Psychological Assessment for an underlying learning difficulty.
We include older students in the interview and feedback process, ensuring that they have the opportunity to have their own questions answered and leave feeling empowered with knowledge about their strengths and challenges.
Our psychology team is now offering briefer ‘re-assessments’ for tertiary students who need updated support recommendations but don’t need a full psycho-educational assessment.
Members Library
We have a collection of professional reading, books for parents and resources to support older learners in our members library at Freville. There are staff onsite to guide you if you have any questions or are looking for a particular resource.
External Services
Spelling strategies program
This program is aimed at learners around 10 years of age to adults, who don’t feel confident with writing due to poor spelling ability. A teachers’ manual, student workbook and one payment for online subscription and support from educator and creator, Sharona Edwards.
Sourcekids
sourcekids is a free magazine that provides information about accommodations and supports that are available, based on individual needs. For example, an article explaining the supports in place for obtaining your driver's license.
Adult Numeracy teacher training project
The Reading and Writing Hotline
1300 6 555 06
The Federal Government provided funding for the Adult Numeracy teacher training project from the Department of Employment & Workplace Relations and for the support of the University of Technology Sydney. Dr Keiko Yasukawa has developed a series of workshops in the form of short videos for teachers and tutors to access on topics such a ratios, problem solving, place value, measurement, maths and culture, maps and area.
University and TAFE SA
Provisions or adjustments are made available for students at all levels of education during the course of their studies.
