"Championing Dyslexia" on TVNZ.
TV Appearances
TVNZ: Breakfast and close up
Sarah has appeared with her Kāpiti College students on Breakfast T.V and on Close Up to highlight the effectiveness of the teaching strategies and classroom accommodations she uses. The 'Close Up’ segment, 'Championing Dyslexia', focuses on how Sarah operates and how neurodiverse students can get missed by the education system.
"Dyslexia: The Educational Revolution" - shortened version.
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Advocacy
Sarah has been an advocate for neurodiverse learners for 16 years. Her work includes producing and facilitating documentaries (left and below) with her students at Kāpiti college, as well as creating petitions to raise awareness of and inclusivity for Dyslexic students on a nationally recognised scale, which have received thousands of signatures in support.
Video: 'Dyslexia at Kāpiti College'
In 2015, Sarah organised and accompanied a group of students to parliament to speak to the Education and Science Select Committee about provision for students with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and those on the Autism Spectrum.
Subsequently, committee members visited Kāpiti College in order to experience best practice Dyslexic provision in a school setting.
In parliament, speaking to the Education and Science Select Committee.
Hosting the Education and Science Select Committee at Kāpiti College.
Invisibile Disabilities Report Launch 2017
Sarah and her students were invited by Catherine Delahunty to contribute to the report launch.
Radio, Newspaper, Online
national radio
Sarah and her students have been interviewed on National Radio to discuss some of the difficulties facing neurodiverse students within our education system. Ideas on how the learning needs of neurodiverse students can be met and what works at Kāpiti College are also discussed.
National Radio: Nine to Noon - Merryn Giblin, November 2015
RNZ article: Learning disorder heartbreak shared with MPs, November 2015
RNZ article: Students tell of being bullied for learning problems, November 2015
Newspaper, MAGAZINE
Several articles have been published in local and national newspapers advocating for change and highlighting Kāpiti College and the Neurodiversity Programme.
Dominion Post/ Stuff articles:
Special needs students in poor communities missing out on exam help, November 2015
Dyslexic students pack out inquiry to send message to MPs, November 2015
Dyslexic kids not happy with Government response to inquiry, March 2017
Dystinct Magazine:
