Date: May 27th
Time: 10:00 – 14:00
Presenters:
Venue: IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology and AHEAD, the Association for Higher Education Access and disability
Event Details:
Students with Dyslexia make up a large proportion of the new diversity of student in higher education, approximately 3 per cent of the student population , or 4,000 students. This Spotlight Seminar will highlight how to support students with dyslexia in mainstream third level by showcasing the specific scaffolding that is used to develop the development of independent learning and academic skills through modelling, flexible teaching and learning, technology and creative thinking.
The Spotlight Seminar will address the Next Steps and will include a series of Webinars to be made available via the AHEAD wesbsite.
This seminar will be highly interactive, designed to give you a deep understanding of the experience of Dyslexia and what support looks like in practice. You will also hear from disability support services, students and academic teachers about the experience of meeting the challenges of a diverse classroom, the lessons learnt. These topics will be of particular interest to academic and other professional staff in third level.
Spotlight Seminar Agenda
9.45 – Arrival and Coffee
10.00 – Opening and introductions
10.05 – What is Happening with Dyslexia in Education?, Donald Ewing, Senior Psychologist, Dyslexia Association Ireland
10.20 – Hearing from Students
10.45 BREAK
11.00 – Learning from Practice, Snapshots of Disability Support Services
- A Universal Approach in NUI Maynooth, Rose Ryan
- Supporting students with dyslexia in UCC, Siobhan Colclough
- IADT, An insight into levels of support, Gillian Boland
11.50 – Questions and Answers
12.00 – The Real experience of Diversity in education, a flexible approach to realizing learning outcomes for the variability of learners, IADT
12.20 – Discussion
12.30 LUNCH
1.15 – What works, and what is new, practical strategies and the latest technology for students with Dyslexia in Education,- Neil Cottrell, LEXABLE, UK
2.00 Moving on
2.15 – Close
Contact: Ann Heelan