'Education Matters': Speech and Language Therapy, Audiology & Disability Research Forum

To disseminate local research undertaken by members of staff of the Department of Disability Studies to practicing speech and language therapists, audiologists and other healthcare professionals, the department organised 'Education Matters', a research forum on speech and language therapy, audiology and disability. The research forum was organised on the 12th December 2015 from 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. at the Sri Lanka Federation of University Women. The keynote address was by Prof. Peggy Gallagher (Senior Fulbright Fellow and Professor and Coordinator of Early Childhood Special Education at the Department of Educational Psychology, Special Education, and Communication Disorders of Georgia State University, USA) on 'Early intervention from birth to 3 years'. The main aims of the forum were to encourage the use of local theory and research evidence in clinical practice and to help establish a local evidence-base that takes account of our languages, culture, socio-economic and political realities.

Marking Cerebral Palsy Day 2015

IMZYS Dance Loft together with the Department of Disability Studies and Cerebral Palsy Lanka Foundation organized a dance session at the Dream Centre in Wattala to mark Cerebral Palsy Day on the 07th of October 2015. The event offered an opportunity for all the children attending the Dream Centre and the staff to enjoy rhythm and movement, with a few of the students even observed to sing along to the popular Hindi songs played. It highlighted the possibility within the arts to offer equal, accessible, inclusive participation for all. Mr. M.B. Imran and a colleague of IMZYS Dance Loft facilitated the dance session.
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Butterfly Garden

To mark World Children's Day on the 01st of October 2015 and in-keeping with the 'Go Green' campaign of the university, student representatives from all four batches (batches 4, 5, 6 and 7) organised the first phase of a 'Butterfly Garden' at the Child Development Centre in Ragama.
The 'Butterfly Garden' is a specifically identified and demarcated space within the outdoor area of the centre. It is hoped that the garden will attract and breed a variety of regional butterflies. Specific plants that are conducive to this purpose were planted by the undergraduate students together with all the children of the centre.

"COMMUNICATION +" PROJECT 2015

OCTOBER

	Marking Cerebral Palsy Day 2015
	Butterfly Garden
	Reminiscence tea-party & luncheon
	‘Ridma’ Inclusive Entertainment Programme