Teacher Awareness Programme for Visual Dyslexia
Birmingham (UK) City Council are planning a training programme for teachers to help them spot children with visual dyslexia. Children with this problem benefit from Irlen or coloured lens. The programme has evolved out of a conference held last year on the subject. One of the speakers was Dr Frank Eperjesi, a leading researcher in this area from Aston University.
From the Birmingham Post: News about the programme and of last years conference.
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Books:
- A Picture’s Worth: PECS and Other Visual Communication Strategies in Autism (Topics in Autism)
- Gorillas Among Us: A Primate Ethnographer’s Book of Days
- How To Reach and Teach Children and Teens with Dyslexia: A Parent and Teacher Guide to Helping Students of All Ages Academically, Socially, and Emotionally
- Teaching Children With Autism to Mind-Read : A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents
- Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism: Communication, Social, & Academic Development
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