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Multisensory Instruction in Language Arts 1

Training Course Gain the skills to teach students:

Reading

Spelling

Writing

January, July and September Australia Wide, New Zealand and Asia. Additional courses and locations organised by demand

The team at the University of Ghana successfully applied for Direct Aid Program (DAP) funding through the Australian High Commission in Accra. The DAP is a development assistance programme funded from Australia's aid budget and administered by Australian diplomatic missions around the world. Funding was granted to subsidise living expenses of volunteers while in-country. Associate Professor Bronwyn Davidson, of the University of Melbourne, was the first of a series of DAP funded volunteers to support the programme in Ghana. Professor Davidson came to Ghana for three weeks to work in partnership with faculty, to design curriculum and teach in acquired communication disorders. Professor Davidson left a legacy of teaching and clinical resources that will extend far beyond the first group of speech pathologists. Future DAP funded volunteers include volunteers from the UK, South Africa and the USA. Attracting high quality volunteers has been made substantially easier through the provision of the DAP funding from the Australian Government. There is no doubt that the Masters in Speech and Language Therapy programme at the University of Ghana is truly Ghanaian – designed for, operated by and relevant to practice in Ghana. Yet the small contributions from Australia and Australians are supporting the team in Ghana to gradually shift the landscape for people with communication and swallowing difficulties. Australia, ye da mo ase paa! (Australia, we thank you) Karen Wylie, Nana Akua Owusu, Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe and Clement Amponsah Department of Audiology, Speech and Language Thera- py, University of Ghana Bronwyn Davidson University of Melbourne OPPOSITE PAGE: Bron Davidson (right) with Masters of Speech and Language Therapy Students and faculty at the University of Ghana. ABOVE: Australia’s High Commissioner to Ghana Andrew Barnes met with Karen Wylie, Bronwyn Davidson and Vicentia Kotia, DAP Program Manager.

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