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 News Events and
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DATES FOR YOUR
DIARY
Fri
12th December
BDA
Screening for Dyslexia
(for Teaching Staff) Winchester 9:45 - 4:30. £120. Contact Paul
Brackley 0845 252 9004 or paulb@bdadyslexia.org.uk
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British Dyslexia
Association Courses
For
information or to book the courses:
Please contact the
British Dyslexia Association, Unit 8, Bracknell Beeches, Old
Bracknell Lane, Bracknell FG12 7BW
or
email: paulb@bdadyslexia.org.uk www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
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NEWS
We had a really good day at
the official opening of our new office at The Orchard in
Basingstoke. Rosie Wood gave a thorough and stimulating talk
on the 'No to Failure' project and we were lucky to have with
us two MPs - Sarah McCarthy-Fry from Portsmouth North and
Maria Miller from Basingstoke.
Thank you to all those of
you who took the time to join in our
celebrations.
We were
shortlisted for the Hantsweb Awards 2008, but sadly did not
make it through to the final. We'll try again next
year
Radio 4 Through the Looking
Glass
Broadcast on 13/10/08 this was a really
interesting programme on 'binocular instability' and
'visual stress'. If you missed it, you can listen to
it on www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dvnrc.
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Toe by Toe
Project
As a
result of organising a conference on the implications of
dyslexia for young offenders entitled ‘Forging the Chains of
Prevention’ in November 2006, the Hampshire Dyslexia
Association (HDA) made contact with the Intensive Supervision
and Surveillance Team (ISSP) in Hampshire. There has been a
series of meetings with Andrew Diggle (of ISSP and
Connexions), the ISSP Teams and the HDA to develop a project
using the Toe by Toe reading scheme which has been used with
great success in the prison service.
The
HDA has advised on the assessment tools to be used in the
base-line diagnosis of dyslexia amongst the young offenders,
and trained the ISSP team leaders to use them. The Shannon
Trust has undertaken to provide free Toe by Toe booklets and
HDA has offered to provide volunteers to assist in giving
personal support to youth offenders selected by the teams, in
the event that there are insufficient people to support the
use of the booklets.
Latest news on the Toe by Toe/ISPP and Hampshire
Dyslexia Association Project
‘The Next Steps: September
2008’
On 8th September there was a training
event attended by 35 ISSP team members and volunteers from
Southampton, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight and
Basingstoke. A one hour presentation was given by
~Andrew Diggle (ISSP), Sue McKenna (HDA)
and Paul Stewart
of the Shannon Trust.
Following this meeting it was decided to hold a
series of further
local training sessions - in October
and November - to familiarise all staff with the
tools of the project – Toe by Toe, Quickscan and
LADS plus.
The information gained from the diagnostic tools
will inform personal intervention and help to give the
clients a better understanding of their Specific
Learning Difficulties and learning styles. The
improvement of reading skills, following the use
of Toe by Toe, will have many positive effects
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increased job opportunities, improved
self-esteem and better parenting skills for example.
The Shannon Trust and their work in prisons will
be given a higher profile.
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