Welcome to the DEKS website.
You will find details of our evening talks for 2013 under calendar & a list of tutors and educational psychologists under information. You will also find details of courses for teachers and parents under calendar.
Please note we have a new email for enquiries.
dyslexiaeastkent@gmail.com
Our Saturday afternoon Drop-in Centre has a new venue:
Canterbury Dyslexia Centre
The Clock Tower,
9 Tyler Hill,
Blean,
Canterbury,
Kent
CT2 9HP
Canterbury Dyslexia Centre is now on Google maps.
If you turn off the A290 (Whitstable Rd) into Tyler Hill Road. Canterbury Dyslexia Centre is between the Londis store and Blean Surgery.
Our Drop-in Centre is held from
2pm – 4pm
on the first Saturday of every month
in school term time,
except May
but we will be open in June.
Please click here for further details
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
We now have over one thousand books in our library.
For a list of topics of the books in our library,
please click here.
Kent Parents as Equal Partners are holding a Drop-in for parents of a disabled child and/or a child with additional educational needs.
Come along to to the Drop-in to find out what the Local Offer is & how to become involved.
Tuesday 23rd April. Drop-in anytime between 11 am & 2 pmVenue: Windchimes Children's Resource Centre, Herne Bay.
Please click here for further details
On 18th June
There will be a talk entitled:
'Supporting Dyslexics through the
Secondary School transition
to Further Education'.
Speaker: Clare Hewitt
&
'How Students with Dyslexia can be supported
at University'.
Speaker: Norma Kitson
Please click here for further details
.
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 dyslexiaeastkent@gmail.com
Free Membership available to Listening Books audio service,
to help those who would find it difficult to pay
the usual membership fee(from £20 per year)
Membership is open to pupils & adult dyslexics.
Please click here for further details.
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.
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