DSF Literacy Services (The Dyslexia Speld Foundation of WA)

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DSF Literacy Services (The Dyslexia Speld Foundation of WA) DSF is a leading not-for-profit supporting learners and the families, teachers, schools and allied professionals around them.

DSF Literacy and Clinical Services has provided vital support to West Australian children and adults with learning disabilities for over 40 years. It remains committed to improving the level of support provided to children and adults with learning disabilities and to the community's understanding of specific learning disabilities, in particular dyslexia.

Looking to strengthen writing instruction and build practical strategies you can use straight away in the classroom?Ther...
20/10/2026

Looking to strengthen writing instruction and build practical strategies you can use straight away in the classroom?

There are several ONLINE Talk for Writing professional learning opportunities at the end of this month, with options for educators across Foundation to Year 6.

Upcoming workshops include:

📅 Strategies for Intervention (ONLINE) | 29TH October | 2 Days
📅 Non-Fiction in Foundation (ONLINE) | 29th October | 1 Day
📅 Non-Fiction for Years 1–6 (ONLINE) | 30th October | 1 Day

👉 Explore the workshops and book in your spot: https://dsf.net.au/talkforwriting

Supporting students with maths difficulties requires more than extra practice.Join DSF’s Intervention for Maths Difficul...
19/10/2026

Supporting students with maths difficulties requires more than extra practice.

Join DSF’s Intervention for Maths Difficulties: High Impact Strategies, Assessment and Program Options - a practical, FOUR-session online workshop designed for teachers and tutors supporting students with numeracy difficulties.

Presented by Lisa Watts, DSF Director of Intervention Services, the workshop will explore:

• Maths difficulties and dyscalculia
• The science of mathematics and key pillars of maths instruction
• Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention
• Designing effective intervention programs
• Assessment and progress monitoring
• Practical resources and structured programs to support students

🗓 26 October – 3 November 2026
💻 Online | Four live sessions
⏰ 9.00am–12.30pm AWST

Suitable for educators working with students from Kindy–Year 6, as well as secondary students who need support with foundational numeracy skills.

Learn more and register:
https://dsf.net.au/our-services/professional-learning/event-details/intervention-for-maths-difficulties-high-impact-st-ffbea180

Is your child learning to spell, or finding spelling particularly challenging?Join us for a FREE two-hour online session...
15/10/2026

Is your child learning to spell, or finding spelling particularly challenging?

Join us for a FREE two-hour online session exploring the essential foundations of spelling, key principles of English spelling, and practical ways parents and carers can support spelling development at home.

🗓 Wednesday 21 October 2026
⏰ 9:30am–11:30am (AWST)
💻 Online | FREE

Presented by Gemma Boyle, DSF Director of Professional Learning and Senior Psychologist.

Registration is essential.

✅ Register here: https://dsf.net.au/our-services/professional-learning/event-details/free-online-parent-info-session-supporting-spellin-3ed6b509

What's your school’s literacy approach for 2027?DSF is offering two FREE online information sessions this October for sc...
13/10/2026

What's your school’s literacy approach for 2027?

DSF is offering two FREE online information sessions this October for school leaders, teachers and educators wanting to learn more about evidence-informed approaches to literacy instruction.

🎓 An Introduction to Word Origins: A Year 3–6 Spelling and Word Study Program

🗓 Tuesday 20 October | 3:15–4:45pm AWST
👉 Discover how Word Origins provides an explicit and structured approach to spelling and word study in Years 3–6. This introductory session will explore the program’s daily structure, scope and sequence, design and available teaching materials.

🎓 UFLI Foundations: What Schools Need to Know Before Implementation

🗓 Wednesday 21 October | 3:15–4:15pm AWST
👉 Considering UFLI Foundations for 2027? This session will explore how the program fits within a whole-school early literacy approach, including its scope and sequence, required materials, and the training and support available for implementation.

✅ Register for Word Origins:
https://dsf.net.au/our-services/professional-learning/event-details/an-introduction-to-word-origins-a-year-3-6-spellin-5977a7d6

✅ Register for UFLI Foundations:
https://dsf.net.au/our-services/professional-learning/event-details/ufli-foundations-what-schools-need-to-know-before--0f444339

Both sessions are FREE, live and online, making them a valuable opportunity to learn more before making decisions about professional learning and implementation for the year ahead.

Due to strong demand, we’ve added an extra🌟IMOS workshop this November.‘Supporting Word Problem Solving and the Language...
13/10/2026

Due to strong demand, we’ve added an extra🌟IMOS workshop this November.

‘Supporting Word Problem Solving and the Language of Maths’ will now run again on 6 November 2026, giving more educators the opportunity to take part.

This practical workshop explores how language, vocabulary and problem-solving processes influence students’ success in mathematics, with evidence-informed strategies educators can apply in the classroom.

If you missed out on the previous session, this is another opportunity to join us.

🗓 6 November 2026, 9.00am – 3.30pm AWST
📍DSF Institute

👉Book now: https://dsf.net.au/our-services/professional-learning/event-details/supporting-worded-problem-solving-and-the-language-dfffa755

🌟 REMINDER | Small Group Handwriting Support – Year 1 & 2 🌟There are still places available in DSF’s Term 4 Small Group ...
13/10/2026

🌟 REMINDER | Small Group Handwriting Support – Year 1 & 2 🌟

There are still places available in DSF’s Term 4 Small Group Handwriting Program, starting tomorrow.

Led by an Occupational Therapist, this 9-week program supports Year 1 and 2 students to build confidence and strengthen essential handwriting skills, including:

• Mature pencil grasp
• Correct letter formations
• Line placement, letter sizing and spacing

📍 DSF South Perth Literacy Clinic
🗓 Wednesday, 3:00–3:50pm
📅 Commencing 14 October 2026
💵 $520 for 9 weeks

If your child would benefit from targeted handwriting support in a small-group environment, register your interest here and a DSF team member will be in touch:

https://form.jotform.com/260260993386061

DSF is holding a four-session online workshop, designed for teachers and tutors who are keen to improve their knowledge ...
12/10/2026

DSF is holding a four-session online workshop, designed for teachers and tutors who are keen to improve their knowledge and skills in providing effective numeracy intervention for children with maths related difficulties and disorders.

This workshop will equip attendees with:
✅A better understanding of the defining features of maths difficulties and dyscalculia;
✅Key components of the science of mathematics and the pillars of maths instruction,
✅How to effectively respond to maths difficulties at a tier 2 or tier 3 level,
✅How to design and implement a maths intervention program,
✅Assessment and progress monitoring,
✅Additional priority areas when working with students with maths-related learning difficulties.

🎓Suitable for all educators supporting students with numeracy difficulties in Kindy - Year 6

🗓 Dates:
Session 1 | 26 October 2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session 2 | 27 October 2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session 3 | 2 November 2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session 4 | 3 November 2026 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

📍Where: ONLINE
👉Register: https://dsf.net.au/our-services/professional-learning/event-details/intervention-for-maths-difficulties-high-impact-st-ffbea180

🌟Dyslexia & SLD Awareness Week🌟As Dyslexia & SLD Awareness Week wraps-up, there is one message we hope continues well be...
11/10/2026

🌟Dyslexia & SLD Awareness Week🌟

As Dyslexia & SLD Awareness Week wraps-up, there is one message we hope continues well beyond this week:

FACT: Supporting a learner with a learning difficulty is rarely the work of one person.

✅Parents and carers bring an invaluable and intimate understanding of their child.
✅Teachers see the learning journey every day.
✅Schools create the environments in which evidence-informed learning support can become consistent practice.
✅Allied professionals can help identify difficulties and guide appropriate support.
✅Tutors can provide targeted intervention.

For more than 55 years, DSF has proudly worked alongside this wider learning community to provide evidence-informed advice, assessments, family and clinical services, specialist learning support, professional learning, programs and practical resources.

We look forward to continuing our mission in supporting our community well into the future.

Children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties can face frustrating or stressful situations at school, which may...
10/10/2026

Children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties can face frustrating or stressful situations at school, which may contribute to increased anxiety and impact their wellbeing.

Understanding why anxiety occurs - and recognising the signs - is an important first step in providing effective support.

In this FREE online information session, hosted by one of the psychologists from DSF’s Clinical Team, we’ll explore anxiety in children with learning difficulties and share practical strategies that parents and school staff can use to support them.

Free online session | Tuesday 13 October at 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration essential

👉 Register here: https://dsf.net.au/our-services/professional-learning/event-details/free-online-parent-info-session-supporting-childre-9ab5ebee

🌟Dyslexia & SLD Awareness Week 2026🌟 During Dyslexia & SLD Awareness Week, we’re highlighting some popular books for lea...
10/10/2026

🌟Dyslexia & SLD Awareness Week 2026🌟

During Dyslexia & SLD Awareness Week, we’re highlighting some popular books for learners with dyslexia and other learning difficulties.

Being able to access carefully structured, engaging and age-appropriate texts can make a BIG difference to a child with reading difficulties - particularly when students need additional opportunities to practise reading without being given material that feels too young.

Some popular resources you can find in the DSF Bookshop include:

📘Lost in London Series + Activity Book
A decodable catch-up series for older readers, with an unfolding mystery set in Victorian London. The accompanying activity book provides further opportunities to practise and consolidate learning.

📕Mount Olympus Mysteries: Apollo and the Lost Sun
The first book in an engaging mystery series set in Ancient Greece, designed for older striving readers who benefit from accessible text without sacrificing age-appropriate content.

📗Fox Kid
A popular decodable chapter book series for older readers who are still developing foundational reading skills. The series now extends to Book 11: Fox Kid and Miss Vixen.

📙Sun Cats 2
A hi-lo graphic novel that combines accessible text with an engaging, age-appropriate format for older readers who may find conventional texts challenging.

📕Little Learners Fluency Fun
Classroom resources designed to support reading fluency through repeated reading, shared texts and activities including whole-class theatre.

Explore these and other literacy resources in the DSF Bookshop today: www.dsf.net.au/bookstore

Address

10 Broome Street, South
Perth, WA
6151

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+61892172500

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