So the best predictor of juvenile delinquency is literacy; you are disenfranchised from society and condemned to a life on the margins if you are unable to read. A true statement or just scare-mongering tactics delivered via the media by politicians?
As well as my work in the UK as a qualified speech and language therapist, I have also had the opportunity to work on the other side of the world in Australia.
Interestingly, in Australia just as in the UK, barely a week goes by without some commentary on falling literacy standards (Adoniou, October 2013); most recently by MP Alannah MacTiernan, who asked the question: “Of those who light fires, express themselves with angry actions, take drugs or try suicide, how many are unable to read?”
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