Conference organisers and presenters at the Joint North South Conference - Dyslexia, Literacy and Inclusion on Friday 12th March 2010 in Saint Mary’s University College, Belfast
To help fund a conference which seeks to:
- Develop a dynamic interface on the island of Ireland that will harness educational theory, research and practice on the special educational needs, dyslexia for the purposes of enhancing learning and teaching in schools.
- Promote collaboration between Northern Irish and Southern Irish educational practitioners into what constitutes best practice in the identification and management of dyslexia.
- Contribute to an overall knowledge-based society and inform the educational inclusion debate in the North and South of Ireland.
- Bring together a nucleus of academics, educational psychologists, NGOs ( for example, representatives from the Northern Ireland Dyslexia Association) and curriculum developers from the North and South of Ireland who are interested in the area of dyslexia, and to sustain this initiative through the creation of a discussion group via e mail to disseminate research and examples of best practice.
Download the Conference Report 
[487kb].
Contacts
Louise Long, St Mary’s University College
Therese McPhillips, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra
This research conference, kindly funded by SCoTENS, was a great success and delegates commented favourably on the experts who presented in their specialist fields. The report is an excellent account of the event and will be very useful fro students, academics and practitioners working in the area of dyslexia.
hello i was wondering when this Dyslexia, Literacy and Inclusion conference is to be held?
Many thanks