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CURRENT DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE PROJECTS
The
Dyslexia Institute is currently involved in a range of projects throughout the
UK.
These and other projects which have been completed recently, are summarised
below
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| The Cardiff Learning Challenge | |
| The Chelmsford Outreach Project | |
| The Community Foundation Global Grant Project | |
| Dundee Community Learning Partnership – Tuition for Dyslexic Adults | |
| The Durham Capacity Building Project | |
| The Dyslexia-friendly Employers Project (Tonbridge) | |
| The Global Grant Project – Kingston-upon-Hull | |
| Lifeskills for Disadvantaged Groups in Rural Areas (North Yorkshire) | |
| The Literacies in the Community Project – Perth and Kinross | |
| New Dyslexia Visions Project | |
| The New North Project, London | |
| Northern Rock Foundation – A New Direction | |
| The Platform One Project ( North London ) | |
| The Portsmouth Project | |
| The Pupil Referral Unit, Shoeburyness | |
| The Preston Road Project | |
| The Rural Revival ( Kent ) Project | |
| The Second Chance Project - Cardiff | |
| The Stevenage School Project | |
| The Torfaen Reading Improvement Project (TRIP) | |
| Yorkshire and Humberside Skills for Life Quality Initiative Regional Training Fund Project | |
| East Midlands Skills for Life Quality Initiative Regional Training Fund Project. | |
| 'Dyslexia Works’ Project | |
| Dyslexia Focus Group – West Yorkshire | |
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The Brixton Prison Project This project, which began in January 2004, has aimed to raise awareness of dyslexia in the staff of HMP Brixton and the Reed Learning staff who work there, and to determine the incidence of dyslexia amongst inmates. As part of the project the prison’s education staff have been trained in the provision of basic screening tests, and on the use of the Dyslexia Institute’s Units of Sound Multimedia Literacy Programme. Contact:
London Dyslexia Institute
Principal: Maggie Wilson Bury Dyslexia Friendly Schools Initiative Back to Top Funded by the DfES small programmes fund, this project was designed to provide six Bury primary schools with the expertise to address the problems of dyslexia in the classroom by training teachers and learning support assistants, and to encourage parents and families to support learning at home. As
part of the project parents of Year 1 and Year 2 children were offered a
dyslexia awareness course that included guidance on the use of the DI’s DIY Readers’
Support Pack, and schools were provided with sufficient packs for parents to
borrow for use at home. In addition, awareness training was offered to all
teachers, and teachers and support assistants of Year 1 and Year 2 children were
trained in the use of the Active Literacy Kit. As part of the project a screening package was provided for delivery to Years 2-5 in each of the six schools. The Units of Sound Literacy programme and a handwriting package were introduced to each school. Schools also received an information and guidance booklet. Contact:
Wilmslow Dyslexia Institute
Principal: Vera Curtin The Cardiff Learning Challenge Back to Top This three-year project which is funded with the assistance of KPMG, and began in 2003, aims to promote equality of opportunity and social inclusion among reluctant young adult learners in need of specialist tuition in literacy and numeracy. The project involves raising dyslexia awareness, screening for dyslexia, detailed assessment and specialist multi-sensory tuition for ten students. Contact:
Cardiff Dyslexia Institute
Principal: Jane Owen The Chelmsford Outreach Project This project, which runs from January to March 2005, and is funded by Essex Learning and Skills Council, aims to extend best practice to post-16 colleges in the Essex Region by developing the skills of teachers, tutors and trainers, and to raise awareness of the work of the Dyslexia Institute. A resource manual will be produced as part of the project and use will be made of Skills for Life materials. Contact:
Chelmsford Dyslexia Institute
Principal: Linda West The Community Foundation Global Grant Project Back to Top This project, which was based on Dyslexia Institute units in Harrogate, York and Skipton, took place in the period January to October 2004 and aimed to identify, assess and provide tuition for eight unemployed dyslexic adults. Contact:
Harrogate Dyslexia Institute Principal: Janet
Robinson Dundee Community Learning Partnership – Tuition for Dyslexic Adults This project, which started in September 2004 and will run until August 2005, aims to help adult learners to improve their literacy skills sufficiently to be able to access college courses or to progress to long-term support from another literacy course. The project will provide initial screening for up to 20 clients, teacher assessments for 10 clients and 60 hours specialist tuition for 10 adults. Contact:
Perth Outpost of the Dyslexia Institute Scotland The Durham Capacity Building Project Back to Top Funded by the Learning and Skills Council, this project will develop the skills of post-16 teachers and trainers, particularly in work-based provision so that they can identify potential dyslexic learners, understand the nature of their difficulties and begin to help them reach their potential. Seventy post-16 teachers and trainers will be trained by providing courses in dyslexia awareness, screening techniques and support activities. Contact:
Newcastle Dyslexia Institute
Senior teacher: Joyce Bee The Dyslexia-friendly Employers Project (Tonbridge) This project aimed to increase dyslexia awareness amongst employers in Kent and to promote the employment advantages of addressing the needs of dyslexic staff. The Dyslexia Institute worked in partnership with West Kent College on this project and, as part of the project, awareness training was provided both for employers and for staff from the college and its Professional Development Centres. In addition, the college’s Literacy Specialist was trained to provide her own specialist training courses. The Project took place from January to April 2004. Contact:
Tonbridge Dyslexia Institute
Principal: Wendy Perrin The Global Grant Project – Kingston-upon-Hull Back to Top Global Grant is a project, based in Kingston-upon-Hull, to help unemployed dyslexic adults to gain employment by raising their standards of literacy and numeracy. The project, which began in May 2004 and has been extended to July 2005, is being run by the Dyslexia Institute in association with the Friends of the Hull Dyslexia Institute. The project’s objectives vary from provision of ‘drop-in’ sessions for those needing advice and guidance, to screening for those who may have dyslexic difficulties, and assessment and individual tuition where appropriate. Contact:
Hull Dyslexia Institute Principal: Mary Robinson Lifeskills for Disadvantaged Groups in Rural Areas (North Yorkshire) This project started in June 2003 and will run until March 2005. Based on Dyslexia Institute centres in Harrogate, Hull and Leeds but also covering such areas as Skipton, York, Scarborough and Selby, the project will work to meet the objectives of the Government’s ‘Valuing People’ initiative by offering opportunities to people with learning difficulties and/or mental health difficulties. The Dyslexia Institute will offer specialist assessment and tuition to those clients referred to them by other organisations in the partnership. An initial awareness session will be held for all partners in the project to ensure that they have a satisfactory understanding of dyslexia. Specialist assessment will be conducted for referred clients followed by 20 hours multi-sensory tuition conducted in small groups where appropriate. Individual Learning Plans will be regularly reviewed. The project will cater for 24 learners. Contact:
Harrogate Dyslexia Institute Principal:
Janet Robinson The Literacies in the Community Project – Perth and Kinross Back to Top This project, which is planned to run in two phases from March 2004 to March 2006, aims to support adult learners through the Learning Curve Partnership. It offers individual assessment to identify the specific needs of each client, followed by extended individual multi-sensory tuition where appropriate. In addition, an information leaflet will be produced describing the services available to dyslexic people in Perth. The project aims to benefit up to 14 dyslexic adults. Contact:
Perth Outpost of Dyslexia Institute Scotland This project, funded by the Learning and Skills Council and the European Social Fund, has brought together local colleges, work-based learning providers and leading dyslexia organisations. It has aimed to improve the services available to adults in West Yorkshire and raise awareness amongst employers, trainers, advisers and others so that they can better support dyslexic people directly by referring them to appropriate providers. The project began in October 2003 and will run until March 2005. Its targets include:
Contact:
Leeds Dyslexia Institute
Principal Margaret Jackson The New North Project, London Back to Top The New North Community School was born out of two closing schools and now works with a number of specialist organisations such as the Dyslexia Institute to best serve the local community. The DI offers specialist provision for children needing support with literacy and training for learning support assistants working with the children in a team-teaching situation. Contact:
London Dyslexia Institute
Principal: Maggie Wilson Projects continued.........click here |
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