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It was a pleasure to participate during the 2011 Educational and Developmental conference in Melbourne last month.

Kimberley O’Brien -  who also presented during the conference – and our team  »

The Quirky Kid Clinic is pleased to announce that we are now providing a broad range of psychometric and diagnostic assessments in Melbourne.

Melbourne assessments are conducted each year as  »

Vocabulary knowledge has a wide-ranging influence on a child’s reading comprehension ability. Therefore it is important to ensure that students are being taught vocabulary in an effective and long-lasting manner.  »

What is attention?

Attention is the cognitive process of concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things. Examples of attention include listening to one conversation while ignoring  »

What is Auditory Processing?

Auditory Processing refers to the brain’s ability to recognise and interpret the sounds from the surrounding environment. People with Auditory Processing difficulties do not process information  »

Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability. It refers to a cluster of symptoms, which result in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading. People with dyslexia may  »

The Quirky Kid Clinic is now able to offer a comprehensive Dyslexia assessment using the Dyslexia Portfolio.

The Dyslexia Portfolio is made up of a series of nine short  »

Jacqui Olsson attended the 2009 SPELD Conference on Wednesday, 7th October 2009.This year’s conference focused on Reading and Lanugage difficulties, and guest speakers from Australia and Overseas presented on  »

Kimberley discussed the use Parental pressures when raising children and what influence they have on child behaviour and anxiety with the with the presenter from Today Tonight.   You can find  »