This recording is from Dr. Gavin Reid titled ‘Understanding and Dealing with Dyslexia; Assessment and Intervention’. It is from the conference, ‘Dyslexia from assessment to intervention’ was held on Friday 29 September 2017, and was organised by the Welsh ACAMH Branch. The day promoted the notion that the assessment of literacy difficulties should be the first step on a clear pathway to individualised interventions for children or young people.
The topics included:
• Key areas of debate around dyslexia and literacy difficulties
• Assessment for dyslexia
• Understanding dyslexia and how to deal with it
• Key interventions.
ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture. Simply email membership@acamh.org with the day and time you watch it, so we can check the analytics, and we’ll email you your certificate.
Speakers
- Professor Maggie Snowling, Dyslexia and Language Impairment
- Professor Joe Elliott, The Dyslexia Debate
- Dr Gavin Reid, Understanding and Dealing with Dyslexia
Dr Gavin Reid has consultancies in Canada, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia. He was visiting professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada in the Department of Education and Counselling Psychology and Special Education in 2007 and 2010. He is chair of the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) Accreditation Board and an ambassador for the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre and he is also an active consultant and team member for the Child Enrichment Medical Centre in Dubai, the Centre for Child Evaluation and Teaching (CCET) in Kuwait and for the Institute of Child Education and Psychology Europe (ICEPE).
