Mark Yeowell

CEO Language Disorder Australia. Experienced educational leader and doctoral candidate at UNSW - research the impact of initial smartphones ownership by kids.

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

We are thrilled to announce that Mancel College has been recognised as one of The Educator's 5-Star Innovative Schools of 2023! The Educator's report celebrates the schools leading change and innovation - proud to be at the forefront of this educational revolution.

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

A place value system is one in which the position of a digit in a number determines its value. Students with Language Disorder may struggle with place value understanding for various reasons, including syntactical difficulties. #languagedisorder

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Barrier Games are useful for supporting students’ language development. Barrier Games involve 2 people sitting, so they are unable to view each other’s work. The players work together - giving, receiving and responding to verbal instructions to complete a task. #languagedisorder

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‘The Whole World in their Hands. Smartphones and Tweens: Towards an Understanding of Digital Puberty’ session aims to prepare and empower parents, educators, other professionals and interested adults through a greater understanding of the digital world.
https://t.co/8wswjIA1E3

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

Today is DLD Awareness Day!
Led by @RADLDcam #DLDday, now in its sixth year, is celebrated annually around the world with more than 40 countries involved.
We created a video that explains DLD for those unfamiliar with the condition. https://t.co/qJeCT1fk2y

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Developmental Language Disorder is a condition affecting one in 14 Australian children, and tomorrow is its awareness day. @LangDisAu

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Check the article Ensuring Extraordinary Outcomes for Young People with Language Disorder, from our experts Lisa Quinn and Athena Panagopoulos. It is a great introduction to their upcoming presentation @NatEduSummit on 5 August.
https://t.co/A1oJyRK0yQ #languagedisorder

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

Our superstar Speech Pathologists, Athena Panagopoulos and Elizabeth Lorraway, presented yesterday the webinar Supporting EAL/D Students.
For those who could not attend the session, the recording is now available on our Webinar page https://t.co/LAV2tc8B4t. #languagedisorder

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Last night we hosted the formal Language Disorder Australia Brand launch event alongside the official opening of our new Head office and Bright Door Clinic in Toowong.
We welcomed over 50 guests who joined us to celebrate this major milestone.

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Visiting some of our amazing Language Disorder Australia team at the Brisbane Disability Connection Expo 2022. Loving sharing more about how we can help children and young people with Language Disorder to achieve extraordinary outcomes.
#languagedisorderaustralia #brightdoor

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

I was delighted to launch our first CEO Values Awards last week, an acknowledgement of staff members that embody our organisational values: Service, Passion, Excellence, Accountability, Kindness, Empowerment and Respect.

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We are delighted to have commissioned the construction of a new adventure playground for The Glenleighden School. This $500K investment reflects our commitment to the importance of play in children and young people’s development and learning.

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We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded $2.55mil through the Australian Government’s Capital Grants Program (CGP), to part fund the construction of the second building in The Glenleighden School master plan. https://t.co/ySsvdRgPah

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

Great News! We are tripling our footprint in Townsville and have purchased a new property which will be home to our North Qld School Support Services Team and also create a five-room allied health clinic to provide therapy for children and young people with Language Disorder.

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@ScottEacott @JoanneOrlando @pasi_sahlberg @GonskiInstitute Thanks Scott

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The start of our ambitious but critically important plan to ensure that the more than 1 in 14 children and young people with Language Disorder, get the education and support they need and deserve to achieve the extraordinary outcomes they are capable of. https://t.co/EstMHMM0wE

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

The day has finally arrived!
With the turning of the first sod on the construction site, for the start of the first building in our master plan, we have marked a very important milestone in SALDA’s history. We could not be more excited!

[Mark Yeowell @YeowellMark]

The day has finally arrived!
With the turning of the first sod on the construction site, for the start of the first building in our master plan, we have marked a very important milestone in SALDA’s history. We could not be more excited!

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

We're excited that the QLD Gov has granted us approval to transform our Glenleighden School campus with amazing new facilities, doubling the number of students we can enroll. Thank you to the board and everyone involved in getting us to this stage, ready to build in October.

[Pasi Sahlberg @pasi_sahlberg]

Thank you all participants @AustCollEd webinar on "Growing Up Digital Australia" today. My slide deck is here for you: https://t.co/7ku4nKatVe @LilaMularczyk @AmyGrah01294134 @YeowellMark @tweetinjules @UNSW