Registered Teachers
LDANZ Registered LD Teachers are
Individual members of LDANZ.
Trained and experienced classroom teachers, who in addition to a New Zealand teaching qualification, have successfully passed an LDANZ approved course for the teaching of those with a specific learning disability. An approved practical component and supervised practice is required. Click here for a document with fuller details.
Required to abide by the professional Code of Ethics of the New Zealand Teachers’ Council.
Required to undertake documented continuing professional development.
Police vetted
The teaching programme for students is specifically tailored to each individual’s identified needs.
LDANZ specialised intervention is based on either the recommendations of an assessor’s Woodcock Johnson 4 report OR the results of an initial learning needs assessment, conducted by one of our teachers, against which progress is monitored and evaluated. A Woodcock Johnson 4 psycho-educational battery of tests could be recommended by the LDANZ teacher.
Note: School information is vital to understanding how to best help a student.
List of Registered LD Teachers
You may contact any of these directly.
Nicolle Oldham, Kerikeri, phone 021 618 098
Sheryn Comrie, Whangarei, phone 09 433 5756
Carole Davidson, Whangarei, phone 021 1754 333
Sue Fountain, Whangarei, phone 022 450 8722
Janet Simperingham, Whangarei, phone 09 434 6661
Ruth Wright, Whangarei, phone 022 1968 204
Heather Ridge, Hamilton, phone 021 164 0059, email ahridge@xtra.co.nz
Yvonne Wilcock, Hamilton, phone 0274 848 108
Esther Williams, Whanganui, phone 06 347 8456
Alice Jonker, Wanganui, phone 021 1416169
Sheila Butler, Carterton, phone 06 379 9360
Sacha Fawbert, Lower Hutt, ph: 04 566 2133, email sachafawbert@hotmail.com
*El-Mari Kolbe, Maungaraki, Lower Hutt, ph: 021 0866 4747,
Elise Jenkin, Motueka, phone 03 528 4916, email jenkinelise@gmail.com
Susan Cowper, Nelson, phone 03 545 2298
Robin Malcolm, Stoke, Nelson, phone 03 547 1634
Elizabeth O’Connor, Nelson, phone 027 272 0450
Joy Hall, Timaru, phone 027 2730683
Bev Wilton, Timaru, phone 03 688 3994
Barbara Woods, Timaru, phone 027 294 5192
Cathi Manning, Oamaru, phone 027 645 8145
Kim Ashton, Invercargill, phone 022 601 7496
* Provisional Status