LEARNING

Launching of the ABCD Learner Club
22 March 2008

DYMM Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail, Chancellor, USM in conjunction with the Brain Awareness Week Expo 22nd – 27th March 2008

The ABCD Learners Club (Adults, Babies, and Children with Learning Difficulties) is a community-based support group established at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

There is no membership fee or requirement, just email hdlab@usm.myto become a member. The Club will operate both as physical support group with site meetings on-campus as well as a virtual group

Objectives

1. To provide a community-based support group for members of the university and surrounding community.
2. To conduct relevant researches in helping individuals (adults, children) with learning disorders overcome their challenges and cope with day to day living.
3. To empower individuals (parents, teachers, public) via support groups understand how people with special needs learn and be trained with skills to help these people (e.g. using Brain Trainer equipment).
4. To share and highlight the results of relevant brain-based research journals with the community.

Membership and Structure

The ABCD Learners Club is open to anyone from the university and surrounding community. You are welcome to join any one of the following support groups: Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Delayed Development, and Down Syndrome. These support groups are member driven and supported by the Human Development Lab as the Secretariat.

To be a member, click here

To see list of current ABCD activities, click here



Current Research:
Autism and Brainwaves