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Nearly one in every five children has some sort of learning difficulty, the result of a
disability, serious illness or trauma, emotional difficulties, and/or environmental or educational experiences. This means that in every classroom at school, five children will struggle to learn.
Often there are no physical signs of a problem and a child who finds it difficult to read and write may be disruptive or lack concentration simply because they are struggling to do something that seems easy for their friends.
Many of these children feel distressed and worthless and without help will lack the skills for employment and social interaction as they approach adulthood. Research points to possible future drug and alcohol abuse, unemployment, homelessness and very sadly suicide.
Children from financially disadvantaged families who also have a learning difficulty are doubly disadvantaged.
Without help, these children can't access the education and therapy support they need to help them speak, read, and understand as well as others the same age and achieve functional literacy. Their chance of securing employment when they leave school is limited, continuing their family's financial difficulties into the next generation.
Helping Kids Learn removes one of the major barriers to services for these families - fees. The project helps children with learning difficulties and disabilities from financially disadvantaged families gain access to the specialist services that help to alleviate their child's distress and give them hope for the future.
Helping Kids Learn is an initiative of children's learning specialists Learning Links, a registered Australian charity assisting children who have difficulty learning. Learning Links helps children and families who are disadvantaged and suffer distress and misfortune by providing specialist education, therapy and counselling regardless of economic status, nationality or religious background.
Learning Links receives no recurrent Government assistance for its School Age Services and has to charge fees to cover the specialist help it gives children and their families. The charity must raise funds each year to continue their current level of services.
$33 will cover the cost of one specialist literacy and numeracy session.
Donations to Learning Links are tax deductible and receipted. You can give directly to this project.
How do I give? Please send a cheque or your credit card details to:
Learning Links
12-14 Pindari Road
Peakhurst NSW 2210,
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specifying that your donation is for "Helping Kids Learn")
Or simply fill out the online donations form.
Is there an allowance for administrative costs? No, all money goes directly to fund children's tuition and therapy.
Contact details for further information:
Robyn Collins, Marketing Director, Learning Links
Telephone: (02) 8525 8249
Fax: (02) 9584 2054
Email: rcollins@learninglinks.org.au
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