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Multisensory Instruction in
Language Arts 1
Training Course
Gain the skills to teach students:
Writing Spelling Reading
January, July and September
Australia Wide, New Zealand and Asia.
Additional courses and locations organised by demand
Contact
Office: 03 9889 4768
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.