LearnFast Events

 

Dr Martha Burns - renowned Speech Pathologist, Neuroscientist & Researcher returns to Australia and New Zealand in April 2011

- Presenting -

Advances in Dyslexia & Other Learning Difficulties
- Brain Science Solutions for Education Today -

New Zealand - One Day Only Seminar -  REGISTRATIONS OPEN NOW

Australia - Online Seminar - Details coming soon

 
 

Dr Martha Burns is a renowned expert in the field of neur­os­cience and its applic­a­tion to learn­ing atten­tion dis­orders, includ­ing Dyslexia, Autism, Auditory Processing Disorders, ADHD and other lan­guage disorders.

Dr. Martha Burns has been a prac­ti­cing speech lan­guage patho­lo­gist in the Chicago area for 35 years. She serves on the Faculty of Northwestern University, depart­ment of com­mu­nic­a­tion sci­ences and dis­orders, and on the med­ical staff of Evanston-Northwestern Hospital, both in Evanston, Illinois.

Dr Martha Burns has received hon­ours from Northwestern University, Evanston Hospital Corporation, the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation and St. Xavier University. She is the author of sev­eral books on brain func­tion, aphasia and cog­ni­tion and has also pub­lished numer­ous art­icles on lan­guage devel­op­ment, lan­guage dis­orders, aud­it­ory pro­cessing dis­orders, and adult neur­o­lo­gical dis­orders in pro­fes­sional journals.

She has authored over 100 journal articles on the neuroscience of language and communication and has written three books on language difficulties associated with neurological disorders. Doody’s Rating Service selec­ted her book on the Right Hemisphere as one of the best health sci­ences books of 1997.

    

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LearnFast Events

LearnFast hosts annual conferences, provides professional training workshops, presents at numerous learning events both in Australia, New Zealand and overseas and has expert speakers available for your next event.

LearnFast presented two seminars by Dr Norman Doidge in Melbourne, May 2009

World renowned author, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr Norman Doidge shared the profound
implications of our new understanding about how the brain learns. His insights and stories opened new ways to look at learning, human possibility and human nature.

LearnFast Annual Brain Conferences

Stay tuned for news regarding our next  annual conference - this coming September 2009. Once again we will be a presenting the latest knowledge from the neuroscientists and will have Dr Martha Burns as the keynote speaker.

Let us know, if you would like to be notified. Check out our past conferences.

Fast ForWord Professional Certification Training Workshops
Training Days for Professional Fast ForWord Providers and Educators 

 

Expert Speakers Available

The learning experts at LearnFast are available to present at your school, organisation, conference, seminar or event. Learn about treating students with language, learning & reading difficult using the latest knowledge from neuroscience research. 

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LearnFast Conference Participation

In May we were at:

Autism Expo
Saturday 9th May at the University of NSW, Sydney
www.autismawareness.com.au

Mindd International Forum on Children 2009 
15-18 May at Australian Jockey Club, Randwick, Sydney
www.mindd.org

2009 ASPIRE Speech Pathology Australia National Conference 
17 - 21 May at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide
www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

In August we were at:

Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2009
20 - 22 August at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
http://www.apac09.org/index.php


 

 

 

 

 

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