Education Conference

2019 Theme: Building Independence for Life

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Our 2019 conference will be held on Saturday 26 October 2019 at Glasgow Caledonian University (9:30am to 4:15pm).

We are looking forward to bringing you another interactive day with a variety of opportunities to learn more about supporting dyslexia in the classroom. We are pleased to announce the following keynote speakers:

  • Dr Rob Savage, Professor in Psychology and Human Development and Head of Department at University College London Institute of Education.  Dr Savage's work focusses on reading development and will speak on 'Intervening across the age range: recent evidence on preventive early interventions and effective later interventions.'
  • Mamta Singhal, BEng, MBA, Former Young Woman Engineer of the Year, Design Engineer, Business Consultant and Speaker.  Mamta will speak about her dyslexia journey. 
  • Hamish Holmes, Dyslexia Scotland Young Ambassador.  Hamish has recently joined our group of dedicated Young Ambassadors and will speak about his independent learning strategies.

Delegates wil also have the opportunity to attend two interactive workshops; meet exhibitors who offer a wide range of materials and technologies to support teaching and learning and have the opportunity to network with teaching staff from across Scotland.  Please download our conference poster here (we'd really appreciate you displaying it in your staff room). Our workshops will include:

  • Making Sense Action Research
  • Assistive Technology in the Classroom
  • Outdoor Learning
  • Maths and Card Games
  • Resilience in the Classroom
  • Early Years: Identification and Support

Our conference continues to offer good value - our rate has been frozen for another year. Our rates are:

  • Early bird rate (until 31 August 2019) - Member: £100; Non-Member: £115
  • Rate from 1 September 2019 - Member: £125; Non-Member: £150  

To attend our conference, please download and complete our registration form.  Please return it to pauline@dyslexiascotland.org.uk or post it to our office address on the form.

If you have any conference queries, please email info@dyslexiascotland.org.uk or call 01786 446650. 

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Thank you to everyone who attended our Education Conference on Saturday 27 October 2018 at the University of Strathclyde. Please see below for the presentations from the day:

If you have any questions, please email the Conference Co-ordinator, Helen Fleming at helen@dyslexiascotland.org.uk