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T4ADDY-Newsletter
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Training for Adults with a Dyslexic Disability
Socrates-Grundtvig 1.1 project
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OF NEWSLETTER NR 2
One week refresher courses with colleagues from all over Europe
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And finding a solution to a tough problem? Travel, accomodation
and training paid by the EC commission?
Is this something for you? If it is, read this newsletter. If it
is not, destroy it and keep messing around!
DEAR READER,
Are
you a teacher? In that case, you must have been irritated
hundreds of time by the spelling errors of pupils or students.
Do you have a job in a personnel sector? Then you have
certainly been confronted with personnel obstinately refusing
in-service training, even if this excluded them from all
promotion opportunities.
Are you working in basic or adult education? Then you
must daily come across adults strugggling with writing, reading
and calculating.
Are you a job coach or traject assistant of
long-time unemployed persons? In that case, you very well know
that an insufficient command of the language results in failure
of all education, and is also an enormous obstacle in finding
employment.
Are you involved in an organisation for dyslexia? Then
you must realise that the above mentioned problems are often a
consequence of dyslexia.
Dyslexia is a learning disorder with a lot of gradations,
forms and definitions. The assimilation of information in the
dyslexic brain takes place differently than in other brains. It
is not only a question of reading and writing.
Although dyslexia can be treated, it will never disap pear, but
you can ëlearn to liveí with it.
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?
With an adapted training, dyslexics can not only live
with their restrictions, but even succeed in their studies and
careers.
A lot of brilliant people were indeed dyslexic, but were able to
defeat their restriction and turn it into an advantage.
Therefore though, understanding and help from the
environment is necessary. And it is a pity that dyslexia is
still unknown by many teachers, instructors, job assistants and
personnel services.
Many adult dyslexics were not recognised as such when at
school, let alone being helped. Several of them are not aware of
their dyslexia. In most cases, they ascribe their problems to
their own incompetence or even stupidity. Of course, this kills
their self-confidence and self-image.
Thus, dyslexics run the risk of being excluded from our knowledge
society. Often they try to h ide their problems and
keep silent about them, when applying for a job or at their
work, although a few minimal adaptations are sufficient to make
dyslexics function better at their jobs.
But therefore someone must lay his finger on the spot and
provide the first help. Do you feel this is a task for
you, but donít you know how to begin ?
FOLLOW A T4ADDY COURSE!
During the Grundtvig project ìTraining for adults with
dyslexic disabilityî the partners developed course material
for trainers like you.
There are six modules:
1. an awareness module on the problems of adult
dyslexics at their jobs and in lifelong learning.
2. an identification and intervention module to provide
trainers with knowledge and skills in recognising and supporting
dyslexics
3. a dyslexia style guide module with instructions for a
sp ecific approach to dyslexia in general, with tips for
lay-out, printing, websites and text material
4. a dyslexia wise employer module for entrepreneurs,
with several suggestions to enhance the efficiency of the
company by means of a dyslexia- friendly personnel policy
5. a dyslexia manual module with criteria for a dyslexia-
friendly Lifelong Learning,for all organisations of adult
education
6.a dyslexia in Europe module with examples of good
practice from the six partner countries and with information
on dyslexia policy and organisations in these countries and the
EC.
ARE YOU INTERESTED? WHAT TO DO?
1. Consult your diary: June or September don
ët suit you? Postpone to 2007 orÖ.
2. Select the site: Mount Etna in Sicily, Pamplona the c
ity of the toreadors, or with Aphrodite to Cyprus.
The choice is yours:
a. Zafferana Etnea, Sicily (IT),12/6/06-18/6/06
b.Pamplona, Navarra (ES), 6/9/06-12/9/06
c.Larnaca, Cyprus (CY), 18/6/07-24/6/07
3.Send a mail to the course organiser to enroll
4.Download an application form for a Comenius 2.2 or
Grundtvig 3 grant, from the national agency website. Comenius
gives grants to teachers in day schools, Grundtvig to all others.
The exact address can be found on:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/grundtvig/national_en.html
5.Fill in this form and send it in time with the
confirmation of your enrolment to your national agency.í
In timeí is a different notion in the different agencies. Ten
weeks in advance is often a minimum, but some countries restrict
the moments of application. Do not forgot to mention this
course is prepared in the framework of Grundtvig 1.1 because
priority will be given to applicants of these courses.
6. Wait for the approval of your application, and inform
the organizer of your coming, as soon as you get it. You will
get access to a digital portfolio on the internet, so that you
can start preparations.
That is all you have to do! Do not delay it till tomorrow,
start it today!
More
information needed? Please contact:
Willy
Aerts
Nieuwe Media School
Geeploopweg 3
2400 Mol - BE
tel./fax +32/14/315436
Mobile +32/0476/876242
e-mail: nms@skynet.be
url: www.NieuweMediaSchool.be
url: http://www.t4addy.com/
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