Empowering children and families
Raising awareness
Building capacity and understanding
Events
Square Pegs Webinar Series
We’re excited to launch our new monthly webinar series at Square Pegs Jess and Ella, our Education & Engagement Officers, will be hosting sessions aligned with our mission to educate, empower and support individuals with dyslexia and related learning differences, and the families who support them.
Across the series, we’ll be joined by teachers, psychologists, speech pathologists, researchers, and people with lived experience to share insights, answer questions, and build a supportive community across Tasmania.
Our first webinar is coming up on Thursday 9 April 2026. Ella will share her lived experience with dyslexia, offering insight, reassurance, and practical understanding for both parents and educators.
Registration is FREE. Secure your spot here: https://events.humanitix.com/a-personal-journey
Dyslexia Empowerment Camp
Come along to learn, grow and connect with others who understand.
We hold Dyslexia Empowerment Camps throughout the year with the most recent one being at Camp Clayton, Ulverstone, in February 2026.
Our camp supports Tasmanian students with dyslexia, along with their parent or caregiver, through community building, innovative workshops and engaging activities.
We hold separate workshops for parents and students led by professional educators, along with plenty of shared activities to enjoy over the weekend.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page or sign up to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with future camps.
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.
