Welcome to the DEKS website.

You will find details of our evening talks for 2011 under calendar & a list of tutors and educational psychologists under information. You will also find details of courses for teachers and parents under calendar.

BDA Petition to the Government about Teacher Training

The B.D.A. has launched a petition to the government requesting that sufficient dyslexia training be provided as part of Initial Teacher Training.
We need 100,000 signatures to trigger a debate in Parliament, so we need your help. If you agree with the petition would you please sign it? Could you also join with us by passing on this request and link to everyone you know, who might be willing to do the same?

Here is a link direct to the petition:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/20674

Thank you for your support.

Our Saturday afternoon Drop-in Centre is held at:

Kingsmead Leisure Centre,

Kingsmead Rd., Canterbury. CT2 7PH

(Next door to Sainsburys)

Parking is available at the Leisure Centre

& parking charges will be refunded at the desk.

2pm – 4pm

on the first Saturday of every month, except May,

in school term time.

To borrow books & resources from our library,

you need to be a member & you can join at the

Drop-in Centre.

Membership is £15 per year. This gives free entry to 4 evening talks per year & an AGM

Would you like to feel more confidence to express your view?
Kent Parent Partnership Service are running Free, Fun, Informal, one-day workshops to develop skills for meetings.
17th January Sittingbourne, 21st January Maidstone.
You need to book early.
Please click here for details.

We now have over one thousand books in our library. For a list of topics of the books in our library,

please click here.  

'Identifying Dyslexia', Information presented by Arlene Waddell. Please click here.

Dyslexia House Association, Rochester Talk 29th February
The Importance of Early Identification, by Dr. Michael Thomson
Please click here for further information.

Our Information Helpline is 0845 0038 979

The line is live on Tuesday & Thursday from 8 - 9 pm. The rest of the time it takes messages, which will be answered a.s.a.p. Our email is info_deks@btinternet.com  

It is now possible for dyslexics of any age, to borrow Spoken Word books, Free of Charge, from K.C.C. libraries, Please click here for information about the helpful new range of services that Kent libraries are providing.

Kent Libraries also help dyslexics in a number of other ways. Please click hear to read their Dyslexia Friendly Library Policy.

 How to raise money for DEKS without incurring any extra cost to you.

Just pop this Everyclick web address http://www.everyclick.com/deks in your favourites list. Then click on it before you do a search online. Each time you use it, raises 1p for DEKS, but if all our supporters use it, the pennies will mount up & help us with running costs.