Dyslexia Scotland South East Events for 2010 - 2011
Meetings are usually held at
Drummond Community High School.
Bellevue Place,
Edinburgh.
EH7 4BS
Starting at 7.30pm
13 Oct 10 Maggie Maclardie - Principal Teacher
Support for Learning “SQA exam arrangements for those with
Dyslexia” 10
Nov 10 Moira
Thomson, Education Consultant, Independent Adjudicator for
Scottish Gov’s ASN Dispute Resolution “Hidden
Dyslexia” 12
Jan 11 Pat
Grieve (founder of Dyslexia
Shop) “Practical
Advice and Tips for Parents” 9 Feb 11 Dorothy Crystal, Eyecare
Plus “Vision, Learning and Dyslexia” 11 May 11 Norma Ritchie, Jewel and Esk Valley
College and
Melanie Scott, Edinburgh University “Supporting Students in Further Education” 8 June 11 Paul Nisbet, CALL SCOTLAND “Digital exams, and Books for All” ** Venue is North Berwick Community Centre 7.30-9pm **
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List of Last years events It gives you an idea of the topics that we hope were of interest. Please get in touch if you have any ideas or suggestions.
13 January 2010 - Dorothy Crystal - BSc(hons) MCOptom specialising in paediatrics and Dyslexia. Vision and Dyslexia
10 February 2010 - Lorna Robertson, Support for Learning Teacher, Longstone Primary School.
A short film and presentation on the “D Club” which runs at Longstone Primary School
10 March 2010 - Moira Thomson – Education Consultant, Independent Adjudicator for Scottish Gov’s ASN Dispute Resolution, DSSE committee member
Legislation update/resolving disagreements (Education)
12 May 2010 - Paul Nisbet - Senior Research Fellow, Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning (CALL SCOTLAND) Moray House College of Education, University of Edinburgh
SQA Digital Exams. Where to get "Books for All" Using Audio to read and record
Location: North Berwick Community Centre, East Lothian. Time: 7.30 pm until 9 pm
9 June 2010 - Apologies from Anne Marie West as she is unable to attend. We hope that she will be able to talk to us in the future – From Literacy in Primary Schools to Literacy in Prison. How working with all types of Literacy problems including Dyslexia in young children led to working with youths with little or no Literacy in Polmont Young Offenders Institution.
Location: Drummond Community High School
Time: 7.30pm until 9 pm
8 September 2010 AGM and Camila Leslie - Johanssen Sound Therapy
