World Dyslexia Forum Videos

The website for the World Dyslexia Forum that was held last year contains videos of the presentations made at the forum.

I particularly enjoyed the talk given by Dr Duncan Milne called "Teaching the brain to read"

Click on the video camera to watch videos from the forum.


http://www.worlddyslexiaforum.org/

World Dyslexia Forum Update

In this dyslexia blog article I would like to give an update on the Dyslexia World Forum:


The World Dyslexia Forum took place this year in Paris.If you go to the Dyslexia International website you can access the notes from the speeches made by people like : Prof. John Stein ( Oxford University).

http://www.worlddyslexiaforum.org/


As part of the World Dyslexia Forum activities a free online training course about dyslexia is being launched :

Basics for teachers – Dyslexia: Identification and What to do

This online learning course for teacher trainees is designed for use in national and local education authorities’ teacher-training programmes.

Ministries of Education, Local Education Services, and units for Special Education Needs can apply to access the free course by contacting Dyslexia International for details.

They will be asked first to sign conditions for use.

The course consists of three sections:

The first section definition of dyslexia and looks at the causes

The second part provides informal tests for teachers to use to detect whether or not a child may have dyslexia.

The third section focuses on how to include children with dyslexia in mainstream classrooms wherever possible, and on the tools and techniques that meet the learning needs of these children, in particular for the acquisition of literacy skills.

The course in available in French and English.


In Turkey it is complusory for trainee teachers to cover special needs as part of their course.However the quality and amount of training may vary from university to university. In addition, in Turkey we badly need in-service training for teachers already working in schools ;as most teachers are oblivious of dyslexia !! Since dyslexia is one of the most common problems a teacher will come across at the chalkface ;it is imperative that teachers are trained and given practical strategies to help them to assist dyslexic children.

http://www.dyslexia-international.org/

INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY - 8TH SEPTEMBER

September 8th is the UNESCO International Literacy Day . The aim of International Literacy Day is to focus attention on the need to promote worldwide literacy.

Literacy is seen as a basic right for all people by UNESCO.Unfortunately in Turkey ,often children and adults who have dyslexia and are struggling with reading and writing go unnoticed because of the lack of basic awareness of this problem.One of the reasons for writing this dyslexia blog is to make parents and teachers, alike, aware of dyslexia and its implications.

Between 2003 – 2012 is the United Nations Literacy Decade. The UN sees "literacy is crucial to the acquisition by every child, youth and adult, of essential life skills.

As part of the literacy decade DITT is organizing the World Dyslexia Forum at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (France )from the 3 to 5 February 2010. In an earlier blog article I talked about this event.

A free online learning course on dyslexia for teachers and trainee teachers in both English and French wil be available on the 5th February 2010 at UNESCO Paris at the World Dyslexia Forum.

Teacher training advisers from over 193 countries will be invited to share their existing expertise and to pilot the free course within their national teacher-training programmes.

The online learning course consists of three sections:

The first section provides a definition of dyslexia and looks at the causes, as well as the consequences of dyslexia.

The second part looks at how teachers can decide if a child may have dyslexia.

The third section focuses on how to include children with dyslexia in mainstream classrooms .

In addition, there will be a film entitled 'Dyslexia - On the right lines', which illustrates and extends the online learning course.

Let's hope this free dyslexia learning course for teachers, plus film can be translated into Turkish. We need it here !!!

http://www.worlddyslexiaforum.org

WORLD DYSLEXIA FORUM,UNESCO, PARIS, 2010

http://worlddyslexiaforum.org/

This forum is being organised by DITT. It will discuss the reasons for dyslexia, good practices and solutions etc.The outcome of the forum will be on-line training, setting up of forums and a web site.

They are asking for parents and individuals to send in their real life stories or profiles of dyslexics.These can be sent anonymously .
PLEASE SEND YOUR STORIES in English or Turkish.
Write World Dyslexia Forum – Personal story -Turkey at top of letter

SEND TO DITT AT :
Admin@ditt-online.org

DITT , 1 Rue Defacqz,B-1000, Brussels, Belcika.

OTHERWISE TURKEY WILL NOT BE COUNTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOBBY

In addition LOBBY your Turkish UNESCO delegates about dyslexia and the problems we have here !! Make your voice heard !! Mention the World Dyslexia Forum in your letter.

Send to :

Mr Ali Tinaz Tuygan (Ambassador )
Permanent Delegation of Turkey to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO
Bureau MS1.59/60/61
1, rue Miollis
75732 PARIS Cedex 15

Fax: 01.40 56 04 13
dl.turquie@unesco.org

Dr Arsin Aydinuraz
Chairperson of Turkish National Commission for UNESCO
Göreme Sokak, 7/9
06680 Kavaklidere
ANKARA
TURKEY

Fax : 0312 427 20 64
arsin@scienc.ankara.edu.tr

zal@unesco.orh.tr

WE NEED TO INFORM THE TURKISH UNESCO REPRESENTATİVES ABOUT THE PROBLEMS DYSLEXIC CHILDREN FACE IN TURKEY AND THE NEED FOR MORE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS ABOUT THIS SUBJECT !!