Online Toolkit Launch
'Assessing Dyslexia' Toolkit Launch, 1 June 2010
The ‘Assessing Dyslexia’ toolkit was launched by Mike Russell, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and Sir Jackie Stewart, President of Dyslexia Scotland on 1 June at Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh.
The toolkit was produced in 2009 by an expert working group managed by Dyslexia Scotland with the support of the Scottish Government. This comprehensive online toolkit aims to help all teachers and early years workers to identify literacy difficulties and dyslexia.
LAUNCH PROGRAMME
10.15 Arrival/registration
10.45 Welcome: Cathy Magee, Dyslexia Scotland
11.00 Mike Russell, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education
and Lifelong Learning
Launch of 'Assessing Dyslexia' Toolkit
11.15 Sir Jackie Stewart, OBE
‘Unidentified Dyslexia’
11.45 Media Photo Call /Coffee
12.15 Dr Margaret Crombie, Chair, Working Group
'Assessing Dyslexia' Toolkit & Demonstration
13.00 Lunch
13.45 June Orr, HMIE
Developments since HMIE review
'Education for learners with dyslexia'
14.15 ‘Assessing Dyslexia’ Toolkit Working Group
A panel of Working Group members will
answer questions on the Toolkit
14.30 Opportunities to explore the toolkit
15.15 Close
