NATIONAL CONCLAVE ON SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY (SLD): POLICIES & PRACTICES, 8th AND 9th FEBRUARY 2020 - RCI APPROVED FOR CRE POINTS .
Aims and objectives of the programme
TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 2016 AND SHARING OF STANDARDISED INDIAN ASSESSMENT BATTERIES FOR SLD AS WELL AS INCLUSIVE SCHOOL POLICIES AND INTERVENTIONS
Programme Schedule
SATURDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 2020
8:30 am: Registration
9:00 am: Lighting of the Lamp and Inaugural Speech
9:15 am - 10:15 am: Keynote: Challenges in Implementation of the RPWD Act 2016
10:15 am - 10:30 am: Dance Performance on Empathy
10:30 am - 11:00 am: Tea/Coffee Break
11:00 am- 1:00 pm: IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION AND MENTAL HEALTH
- Damage that Lack of Understanding in Schools Can Do - A Personal Experience
- Youth Mental Health Programme for Schools
- Facilitating the Inclusion of Students with SLD in sCHOOL
- Sensitising the School Community to the Challenges of SLD
- Facilitating the Inclusion of Students with SLD in Higher Education
- Never too Late – a Personal Experience
- Parent Speak
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: PANEL DISCUSSION
What it would take for the public health system to rise to the challenge of early identification
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Networking
SUNDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 2020
8:30 am: Registration
9:00 am - 11 am: SLD SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT
- Genetics and Dyslexia: A Research Study
- Essential Components of a Standardised Assessment Tool for SLD
- SLD Toolkit for K-12: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia
- NIMHANS SLD Battery
- DIBELS Adaptation in Marathi for Early Screening
11:00 am - 11:30 am: Tea/Coffee Break
11:30 am – 1:30 pm: EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS
- Multisensory Structured Classroom Practices
- An Inclusive Approach to Reading, Spelling & Mathematics in Pre-Primary and Primary Schools
- Assistive Technology: MDA Avaz Reader
- B.Ed. Curriculum: SLD and its Challenges
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Lunch
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm: PANEL DISCUSSION: LIFE AFTER SCHOOOL
4:30 pm - 5 pm: Vote of Thanks, Distribution of Certificates, Tea and Networking
Please email mda@dyslexiaindia.com for registrations .
thank you,
Divya Balgi