[senit] Notices and Announcements

From Dave Lane of Xavier Software

Hello everyone,

There are two announcements for you this week, from Judith Stansfield
(stass at onyxnet.co.uk) about  the 7th BDA Conference and  Dave Lane of Xavier
Software (xavier at bangor.ac.uk) concerning a new version of their Slavonic
abacus. 

Have a good weekend

Ann McDevitt, Co-Moderator SENIT

Independent IT and SEN Consultant 

ann at mcdevitt.gotadsl.co.uk

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>From Dave Lane of Xavier Software

Mini Slavonic Abacus:

To accompany the larger version, we now have a 6" version of this ancient
example of IT.  The Slavonic Abacus will be of interest to any maths teacher
working with pupils who may have strong visual-spatial skills, possibly
dyslexic.  It's the unusual form of bead colouring that makes it easier to
grasp numbers.  Full details to be found at:

http://xavier.bangor.ac.uk/xavier/abacus.shtml

Xavier Educational Software Ltd

Special software for special needs

http://xavier.bangor.ac.uk <http://xavier.bangor.ac.uk/>  

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>From Judith Stansfield (stass at onyxnet.co.uk)

7th International Conference of the British Dyslexia Association

Dyslexia: Making Links

Registration is now open at www.bdainternationalconference.org.uk or
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

Harrogate International Conference Centre England

27 to 29 March 2008

The British Dyslexia Association is pleased to announce that registration
for their 7th International Conference Dyslexia: Making Links, to be chaired
by Professor Margaret Snowling is now open.

The conference will consider the relationship between dyslexia and related
learning difficulties from the perspectives of research and practice.

Keynote speakers include:

Dorothy Bishop, University of Oxford: Navigating Dyslexia Treatments  

Bob Burden, University of Exeter: Dyslexia and Self-Esteem 

Stanislas Dehaene, Research Director, INSERM: Number Skills 

Barbara Foorman, Florida State University: Reading and Language Intervention

Usha Goswami, University of Cambridge: Cross-linguistic Issues 

Barbara Maughan, Institute of Psychiatry, London: Adult outcomes 

Kate Nation, University of Oxford: Reading Comprehension Impairments 

Richard Olson, University of Colorado: Genes and Environments 

Cathy Price, Institute of Neurology: Neuroimaging of Dyslexia and Language 

Sir Jim Rose: Former HMI Director of Inspection, OFSTED:The Rose Review on
the Teaching of Reading.

Margaret Snowling, University of York: Dyslexia: Making Links 

David Sugden, University of Leeds: Developmental Coordination Disorder 

Eric Taylor, Institute of Psychiatry, London: Attention Disorders 

Rebecca Treiman, University of Washington: Learning to Spell in English 

Aryan van der Leij, University of Amsterdam: International Perspectives 

The conference is designed to appeal to researchers and practitioners at all
levels of expertise.  There will be invited symposia and workshops, a series
of introductory seminars and discussions linking theory with practice.

Updated November 07