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Birgitte Maibom: Chief Executive Officer

With over 20 years’ experience in market-driven not-for-profits across children’s services, health care, disability and education, Birgitte has a strong track record in delivering successful, innovative turnaround business strategies to achieve social outcomes. Birgitte holds a BA/MA and an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, is a qualified teacher and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Birgitte has a deep commitment to social justice and is a strong believer in the transforming power of education. Birgitte joined Learning Links in 2013 in the role of General Manager Marketing & Business Development and became CEO in 2015. She is passionate about the organisation and its purpose of helping all Australian children overcome the barriers to achieving the best possible educational outcomes and opportunities in life.

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How to Reduce Homework Havoc for Children with Learning Difficulties

By Renee Irving-Lee, Children’s Book Author © 2019 Learning Links It’s homework time again and there’s nothing but tears, refusal, arguments, tantrums, meltdowns or complete avoidance and procrastination. Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!! Why does homework have to be such an epic battle every night? Sound familiar? Homework can be challenging, difficult and down-right painful in some households, especially... Read More

Wednesday, 1st May 2019

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When to get Help: A Parent’s Guide to Speech and Language Development

By Renee Irving-Lee, Children’s Book Author © 2019 Learning Links Speech and language development is a critical step in nurturing the foundation of communication, self-expression and literacy. Children develop speech and language skills at vastly different rates, and sometimes this can leave parents worried about their own child’s development, particularly if they seem to be... Read More

Wednesday, 1st May 2019

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Deputy Lord Mayor Linda Scott officially opens new Learning Links Centre in Alexandria

On 11th April, Linda Scott, Deputy Lord Mayor and City of Sydney Councillor, officially opened Learning Links’ newest centre in Alexandria – its first in the inner city of Sydney. The Learning Centre features four modern therapy rooms to accommodate the growing demand for support services for children with learning difficulties and disabilities and their... Read More

Wednesday, 24th April 2019

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Help the teacher help your child

by Dr Samantha Hornery, Therapy and Education Manager. As a parent it is entirely your decision as to how much or little information you divulge to your child’s teacher about the previous assessments and interventions you’ve undertaken with your child. We won’t go into the pros and cons for this at the moment – it... Read More

Monday, 15th April 2019

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