Empowering children and families
Raising awareness
Building capacity and understanding
Events
Our Dyslexia Empowerment Camp is coming to the North West.
Come along to learn, grow and connect with others who understand.
Join us for a fun and empowering experience at Camp Clayton, Ulverstone, from Friday 27 February to Sunday 1 March 2026.
Our camp supports Tasmanian students who will be in Grade 7 in 2026 and haven't previously attended a Square Pegs Dyslexia Empowerment Camp, along with their parent or caregiver, through community building, innovative workshops and engaging activities.
We'll have separate workshops for parents and students led by professional educators, along with shared activities hosted by the Camp Clayton team.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to grow, learn and have a blast! Numbers are limited, so book your place early here at Eventbrite. Find out more camp details here.
Check out details from our March 2025 Dyslexia Empowerment Camp at Spring Bay Mill here.
We're planning another Dyslexia Empowerment Camp at a different location in later 2026 so keep an eye on our Facebook page or sign up to our newsletter to stay up-to-date.
A special thank you to the Tasmanian Government, Wise Lord and Fergusson Community Partnership and Square Pegs fundraising for their generous support to make this initiative possible.
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month - raise the volume!
Dyslexia Awareness Month may have been in October, but awareness matters all year round!
Download our Awareness Poster and Empowering Dyslexic Thinking Poster and display them at your school or workplace to keep the conversation going.
Awareness Poster School Poster Workplace Poster
Parent Workshops
Square Peg runs a series of workshops to align with our resource: Advocating for your dyslexia child in Tasmanian schools.
This Tasmania-specific workshop is designed to help parents navigate the education system and support their child with dyslexia.
Join us for an informative session filled with strategies and resources to empower you in advocating for your child's needs. Learn how to effectively communicate with teachers and school administrators, understand your child's rights, and access the support they require to succeed in school.
Keep an eye out on our website, Facebook or subscribe to our newsletter for upcoming dates.
Professional Learning
Square Pegs understands the value of a teacher who is able to deliver effective, structured literacy for children with dyslexia. We support evidence-based approaches and encourage participation in professional learning, such as:
OG Language Approach
Linda McKillop offers Yoshimoto Orton-Gillingham training to educators and parents in Tasmania. This is direct, data-driven teaching to you. It covers the key knowledge and techniques for all educators to unlock students’ literacy.
https://spt.com.au/orton-gillingham-literacy-dyslexia-training/
Start Smart Tasmania
Start Smart offers inclusion support, including learning plan development, programming recommendations, literacy intervention (MSL therapy) for students with dyslexia and related difficulties, comprehensive literacy assessments of students, and a range of professional learning workshops for schools.
https://www.startsmarttasmania.com.au/#
Jocelyn Seamer Education
Jocelyn is a former teacher whose aim is to deliver the simplest, most practical professional learning opportunities to help teachers and teams implement structured literacy in their classrooms. Jocelyn offers professional learning so you will learn to fully implement the Science of Reading to get every child in your class reading without worksheets, guessing strategies or tears.
https://www.jocelynseamereducation.com/
Dyslexia Orton-Gillingham Institute of Australia
The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive approach to teach literacy when reading, writing, and spelling does not come easily to individuals, such as those with dyslexia.
Visit the DOGI website or facebook page for more information and course dates.
dsf Dyslexia/SPELD Foundation - Workshops and Events
DSF provides a range of professional development opportunities for teachers, school psychologists, speech pathologists and allied health professionals. In addition, DSF runs free information evenings and workshops for parents on a regular basis.
Lifelong Literacy
Lifelong Literacy bring high quality, research-supported literacy instruction to schools, educators and families.
Think Forward Educators
Think Forward Educators is a community of over 20,000 teachers, school leaders, specialists, parents, and researchers. They advocate for education that allows every child to succeed: Promoting social equity, using the Science of Learning.
https://thinkforwardeducators.org/
Latrobe Unviersity - SOLAR Lab
The SOLAR Lab offers a series of online short courses on the science of language and reading, designed for classroom teachers, literacy leaders, principals, allied health clinicians, and parents who are interested to know more about the linguistic foundations of reading and evidence-informed teaching practices.
https://www.latrobe.edu.au/school-education/about/spotlight
Institute for Multisensory Language Education
For more information visit the IMSLE website: dates and locations around Australia.
http://www.multisensoryeducation.net.au
TSD1 Teaching Students with Dyslexia, Level 1
An Introduction to Dyslexia and Evidence Based Multisensory Teaching for Teachers, Support Staff, Parents and Tutors. Presented by Bill Hansberry, Karen Hodson and Sally Andrew.
Playberry Multisensory Literacy Program
Playberry is the tier three program being used by a growing number of schools, private specialist dyslexia teachers / tutors and speech and language pathologists who want to use the most effective intervention methods available . These providers have been specifically trained in the TSD (Teaching Students with Dyslexia) suite of trainings.
