TATA Interactive Learning Disability Forum in Mumbai

Von Donnertag, 30. November 2006 bis Freitag, 01. Dezember 2006 findet in Mumbai, Indien, das "TATA Interactive Learning Disability Forum" statt. Es ist ein internationales Symposium, welches eine Plattform für Pädagogen und Experten im Bereich Lernschwäche bietet. Dyslexie, Dyskalkulie und Schreibstörungen werden die Hauptschwerpunkte darstellen.

Anmeldungen können über folgende URL getätigt werden: www.tatainteractive.com/TLDF Link öffnet sich in einem neuen Fenster.

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At TATA Interactive Systems, we have taken up the issue of Learning Disabilities (LD) as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility. We chose this area because it is congruent to our skills and capabilities in learning design and development. The three areas of LD that we are focusing on are Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dysgraphia. In this respect, we support the Learning Disability Clinic in Sion Hospital through financial grants, development of learning materials for both students and special needs educators, and administrative support. Moreover, we have also authored a book, Brain Teasers, comprising fun activities for children with LD. This book has been published by TATA McGraw-Hill.

The latest initiative that we have taken up is the TATA Interactive Learning Disability Forum (TLDF). The TLDF is an international symposium on LD. The event offers a platform for leading educators and LD experts from across the world to network and share innovations and ideas to help address critical LD issues.

This event is the first of its kind in India and one of our key objectives is to increase awareness and promote remedial activities, best practices, and knowledge sharing of LD in India-we believe this is a gap that needs filling. We plan to hold this event annually from now on.

TLDF 2006 will comprise a wide range of topics, as follows.

  • The LD movement in India
  • The biological and medical basis of LD
  • Types of LD
  • Assessment of LD
  • Remedial techniques
  • Role of teachers in addressing LD
  • Role of the government in addressing LD

The audience for this event includes educators, heads of educational institutions, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors/pediatricians, special educators, and parents. The speakers at the event are renowned practitioners in the field of LD across the world, and are follows.

  • Dr. Gerald Erenberg, Child Neurologist, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, US
  • Ms. Glenys Heap, Senior Training Principal with Dyslexia Action, UK
  • Ms. Karen Dakin, Vice-President, International Dyslexia Association (IDA), US
  • Ms. Jean Salt, past President, National Association for Special Education Needs (nasen), UK
  • Ms. Patricia Barthorpe, President, North Lincolnshire Branch of National Association of Head Teachers, UK
  • Ms. Laura Cryer, Granada Learning - Technology Solutions, UK
  • Dr. Madhuri Kulkarni, Head of Pediatrics, Sion Hospital, Mumbai, India
  • Dr. Kersi Chavda, Child Psychiatrist, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India
  • Ms. Kate Currawalla, President, Maharashtra Dyslexia Association, Mumbai, India
  • Dr. Smita Desai, Special Educator and Psychiatrist, Drishti, Mumbai, India
  • Ms. Nandini Mundkur, Bengaluru Children's Hospital, Bengaluru, India
  • Ms. Lalitha Ramanujan - Alpha to Omega, Chennai, India
  • Dr. Sunil Karande - Dept. of Pediatrics, Sion Hospital, Mumbai, India

We would like to take this opportunity to request clients who may be visiting India during this period to attend this event.

 

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