The Sound Learning Centre Blog

​ABC Radio (the Australian equivalent of the BBC) has a programme called The Health Report. In December 2008 the programme focused on children with speech & language problems. The programme is called Gap Kids, referring to children who 'fall through the gap' between different educational services.

The Sound Learning Centre has bee featured on several television programmes including the BBC, ITV, Sky News and Discovery Channel. Please contact us for further information.

The Daily Telegraph's Health section featured Andrew, a disruptive 10 year old with education problems and how the Sound Learning Centre helped him with sound therapy.

We are delighted to announce The Sound Learning Centre's next SenseAbility course for parents, teachers and health or education professionals will be on Saturday 27 January 2018.

The number one item is for more attention to be given to 'sensory issues and sensory arousal' according to science and health writer Emily Willingham in her article, 'What Do Autistic People Want From Science?'.

We have been invited to present two workshops at the MK SEND Information Day at The Ridgeway Centre, Featherstone Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK14 5TH on Saturday 4th February 2017.

We are delighted that once again we have been invited to the Isle of Man to provide an Outreach Programme sponsored by Manx Mencap. We provide assessments, sound and light therapies to help children and adults with learning and sensory difficulties improve performance.

The International Light Association (ILA) 2017 annual conference will take place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. between April 30th - May 3rd, 2017. The conference is open to members and non-members. ILA Membership attracts many benefits including a significant reduction in cost of conference registration.

As another year comes toward it's end may we take this opportunity to offer our warmest wishes and Season's Greetings to all our clients, friends and supporters and to wish you a peaceful, healthy, happy and successful New Year.

​In March 2016 we attended the most successful conference in the history of the ILA, with multiple events, including presentations, "Light-in-Action" workshops, light exhibitions, and concerts which took place at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna - a truly splendid event!

We are delighted that once again we have been invited this year to provide our therapies for another Mencap Outreach Programme. We will be based at Centre 21 in Douglas from w/c 25 July 2016 for approximately three and a half weeks.

Music education in the western world often emphasizes musical literacy, the ability to read musical notation fluently. But this is not always an easy task – even for professional musicians. Which raises the question: Is there such a thing as musical dyslexia?

​As representatives of The International Light Association (ILA), Pauline Allen and Phil Stickland were delighted to have been able to attend the opening ceremony of the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL2015), held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, on 19 and 20 January 2015.