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The Dyslexia Consultancy e-Team
This is headed by its Scientific Advisory Committee:
Professor Emeritus Dirk Bakker
Free University Amsterdam; neuropsychology
Professor Ludo Beheydt
Catholic University of Louvain; Dutch linguistics
Dr. Maria Lorusso
Universities of Pavia and Milan; developmental neuropsychology and dyslexia.
Institute / Family support group
Professor José Junca de Moraïs
Free University of Brussels, L'Observatoire National de la Lecture,
France; cognitive neuroscience and teaching of reading
Professor John Stein
University of Oxford, UK; Chair of Dyslexia International’s Scientific
Advisory Committee; neurophysiology and dyslexia
Professor Heinz Wimmer
University of Salzburg; developmental psychology, neurocognitive research
Supported by a team of researchers, teachers and parents who agree to
a) collaborate in putting position papers to UNESCO on dyslexia
(coordinated through the Dyslexia International office)
b) act as consultants in their own right
Dr. Steve Chinn
Expert in dyslexia and dyscalculia
Anny Cooreman
Teacher and adviser to the Flemish Belgian Ministry of Education
Dr. Felicity Fletcher-Campbell
Director of the Professional Studies in Education Programme in the
Faculty of Education and Language Studies at the Open University, UK
Sue Flohr
Expert, and Helpline Manager at the British Dyslexia Association (BDA)
Professor Pol Ghesquiere
University of Leuven, Centre for Disability, Special Needs Education and Child Care
Dr Vincent Goetry
Researcher in psycholinguistics; course director for Dyslexia International’s Online learning
Melanie Jameson
Dyslexia expert and legal adviser; adviser to DANDA (Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association)
SR Michael Kalmár
Educational language pathologist, Vienna Language Therapy School, senior academy lecturer, Österreichischer Bundesverband Legasthenie (Austrian
Federal Dyslexia Association), President of the European Dyslexia Association (EDA)
Paula Morais
ICT and e-Inclusion
Jennifer Owen Adams
Education Director, British Dyslexia Association
Professor Constantine Porpodas
University of Patras; Director, Research and Diagnostic Unit of
Dyslexia, Reading and Spelling, Greece
Dr. Gavin Reid
Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of
Education, University of Edinburgh
Johan Schepens
Teacher, Belgium
Professor Linda Siegel
University of British Columbia; Professor of Educational and Counseling
Psychology and Special Education; liaising with the Scientific Advisory
Committee
Dr. Chris Singleton
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Hull University
Judith Stansfield
Special Education ICT Consultant
Anne Sheddick
Dyslexia Action, Head of Training
Susan van Alsenoy
Educationalist; Chair, Educational Support Committee
Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas (FAWCO)
Supported by Dyslexia International Honorary Board Members :
Gabriel Bara
Computer scientist and linguist
Pauline Cogan
Consultant in diagnosis and teaching of dyslexic learners
Dr Lisa Dummer Smoch
Expert in dyslexia, diagnosis and teaching
Gunilla Löfgren Nisser
Dyslexia specialist in research, diagnosis and teaching
Dr. Duncan Milne
Educational Neuropsychologist; Director of Tools for Literacy, Dyslexia
International
Judith Sanson
Executive Director, Dyslexia International; teacher, advocate for people with learning
Donald Schloss
Chief Executive, Adult Dyslexia Assocation
Dr Ian Smythe
Dyslexia Consultant in different languages and cultures