Presented by Rosemary Boon, registered psychologist, teacher and trainer. Rosemary has worked in the fields of special education and school psychology for over 20 years in both government and private schools in the Metropolitan South West Region of Sydney. Her work as a school counsellor focussed on children with learning and language disabilities, attentional deficits, and behavioural and emotional problems. This led her to look for better ways to help them. To this end she has travelled extensively to gather knowledge and skills learning from world pioneers in their field, and continues to do so, thus providing the most comprehensive assessment and remedial system for those with learning difficulties in Australia today. The teaching methods and training programmes used are based on the latest research from cognitive psychology and brain studies, blended in a unique way to accommodate diverse learning styles and needs. Rosemary has an international reputation as an educational psychologist, teacher and trainer. She is a member of several professional organisations and is currently President-elect for the Australian Chapter of the Society for Neuronal Regulation (SNR), a society devoted to the study and practice of neurofeedback.

Since ADD/ADHD now affects up to 10% of our children, and specific learning difficulties 20%, the impact on our society as a whole has enormous ramifications.
Specific Learning Difficulties/Disabilities (SLD) and attentional and behavioural problems (Attention Deficit Disorder with and without hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD) are neurological disorders which if left undiagnosed and untreated have enormous social implications. It is the aim of this public evening to inform parents and professionals of the recent scientific findings and to propose a model which assesses the multifaceted nature of these disorders including metabolic, neurological and physiological factors so that the underlying biological conditions are treated rather than continuing with the pharmacological paradigm which merely masks the symptoms with a variety of neurotoxic medications.

While the effect of these disorders are far reaching for the individual and their quality of life, they have major impacts on society as a whole. They have a stratifying socio-economic impact with associated losses in productivity, increased costs of medical care and education, escalating substance abuse, criminality and the social costs of treating all these ailments.

For more information please contact :
Gregory de Montfort
Ph/Fax: (02) 9754 2999
e-mail gjdemontfort@iprimus.com.au

REGISTRATION FORM

PO Box 7120
Bass Hill NSW 2197

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