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.

Blended Learning
Combining Neuroscience and iPads to Enhance Students' Education
22nd May 2013, Mantra Chatswood

Everyone's talking technology and education, but is there science behind the hype? Can neuroscience help us make better use of the iPad? This course will investigate what to look for in iPad apps, and what makes some better than others when dealing with learning difficulties and learning enhancement. Keynote speakers include speech language pathologist, Devon Barnes, and technology educators Colin Klupiec and Brad Fuller. This is a day for parents and teachers. Click here for full details or to register.
Teaching the Adolescent Brain Tuesday 21 May 2013, Mantra Chatswood How does the adolescent brain learn? What has modern neuroscience taught us about how the brain learns, and how can we apply this knowledge to helping students in the classroom and at home?  Speech language pathologist, Devon Barnes, will open up current research from neuroscience and apply it directly to how we can create better learning experiences for our students and children. Click here for full details or to register.

Past Events

This conference provided Educators, Principals, Learning Support Teachers, Psychologists and Speech Pathologists with the latest information on how brain science research is being applied to develop students' learning capacity and reading ability.   The neuroscience-based interventions for Dyslexia, Auditory Processing and Reading & Learning Difficulties were also discussed.

LearnFast presented 'Advances in Understanding Dyslexia & Other Learning Difficulties' featuring Dr Martha Burns - renowned Speech Pathologist, Neuroscientist & Researcher in April 2011

In our morning session Dr Burns presented 'Brain Science of Learning and Reading. She presented the latest knowledge from neuroscience research and discussed the four key areas of greatest need - Dyslexia Auditory Processing Autism Spectrum Disorder ADHD In the afternoon session Dr Burns presented Applying the Science in the Classroom using Fast ForWord programs and the Reading Assistant technology.  She discussed the program usage for both primary and secondary students as well as accelerated learning for all ability levels.

LearnFast presented "The Brain That Changes Itself" Seminar in Sydney, August 2010, featuring Dr Norman Doidge In our morning session Dr Doidge presented "Lessons from the Frontiers of Brain Science".  He explained how our brains can be changed to overcome disabilities and improve abilities. The afternoon session was lead by Devon Barnes, Clinical Director of Lindfield Speech Pathology and Learning Centre and Learnfast Australia.  She was also joined by Shirley Wallace from Braemar College in Victoria, Kim Peters from Merimbula Public School in New South Wales, Cathy Rubbi from Speech Pathology Services in New South Wales and Colin Klupiec from Oxford Falls Grammar School in New South Wales.

In this session it was explained and demonstrated how the brain plasticity principles discussed by Dr Doidge in the morning session are being applied in Australia, via the Fast ForWord programs, to improve learning and reading abilities.

Dr Martha Burns presented the latest knowledge from the neuroscientists and this is changing education.

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

World renowned author of "The Brain That Changes Itself", 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.