Conference announcement: Multilingual & Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Dyslexia (topics including Spanish-English bilingual speakers)

[Scott McGinnis]

> Please note that the deadline for submissions has already passed.
> 
> June 27-29, 2002 - Multilingual & Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Dyslexia
> Conference - Washington, DC
> 
> 
> IDA, in collaboration with the British and European Dyslexia Associations
> (BDA, EDA), requests submissions for an International Conference, titled
> "Multilingual and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Dyslexia." This event is
> structured to follow the First International Conference on
> "Multilingualism and Dyslexia" that was held in Manchester, England in
> spring of 1999. 
> 
> CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: 
> Conference Chair: Dr. Charles W. Haynes, Associate Professor,
> Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston,
> MA; IDA Board Member 
> 
> Outstanding Keynote Speakers: 
> 
> Research: Dr. Usha Goswami, University College, London, England 
> 
> Research-to-Practice: Dr. Ingvar Lundberg, Goteborg University, Sweden
> Policy/Advocacy: Dr. Alba Ortiz, University of Texas, Austin 
> 
> Exciting Symposia (tentative titles): 
> 
> “Dyslexia in Chinese & Japanese Readers”: Dr. C.K. Leong, Dr. Brendan
> Weekes, Dr. Catherine C.C. Lam, Dr. Virginia Mann“Dyslexia and the
> Bilingual Brain”: Dr. Guinevere Eden, Dr. Eraldo Paulesu, Dr. Helen
> Neville 
> 
> “International Perspectives on Adults with LD/Dyslexia: Findings and
> Implications from the International Adult Literacy Survey”: Dr. Susan
> Vogel, Dr. Stephen Reder, Dr. Mats Myrberg, Dr. Angela Fawcett 
> 
> “Cognitive & Neuropsychological Perspectives on Dyslexia in Bilingual,
> Additive Contexts”: Dr. Esther Geva, Dr. Linda Siegel, Dr. Zvia Breznitz 
> 
> “Technological Support for Persons with Dyslexia: International
> Perspectives”: Dr. Bart Pisha, Bodil Andersson 
> 
> Invited Presentations (tentative titles): 
> 
> Diagnosis & remediation of reading disabilities in Spanish-English
> bilingual persons: Dr. Vera Guttierrez-Clellen,
> San Diego State University 
> 
> Diagnosis & remediation of reading disabilities in African American
> children: Dr. Joyce Harris, University of Memphis 
> 
> There will be many more excellent speakers and interesting topics. Don’t
> miss this opportunity to attend this conference of GLOBAL importance!  
> 
> For more information, contact the IDA office at (410) 296-0232, E-mail:
> info at interdys.org.
> 
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