The Dyslexia Foundation President Visits Brehm

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The Dyslexia Foundation President Visits Brehm

Recently, Brehm was paid a visit by The Dyslexia Foundation President Will Baker (pictured right). Baker was on campus to tour facilities and to discuss multiple projects involving Brehm.

One of which is The Dyslexia Foundation's 2009 conference. The conference, titled Literacy and Dyslexia: The continuum of developmental reading and academic challenges, is set to take place at Harvard Medical School on October 16th. Brehm will be one of two schools in the nation to have a live feed to this event. This event will be geared towards educators and teachers who want to continue their professional development and learn more about dyslexia. As always, this workshop will be open to members of the community, as well as Brehm faculty.

Baker has also spearheaded dyslexia research. He is working with Brehm, among other organizations to help bring together the educational and scientific communities. The goal of this project is to shorten the amount of time between research and the implementation of strategies into classrooms. This will be done through a database that is both accessible and beneficial to schools and researchers alike.

For more information regarding the Dyslexia conference, contact Coordinator of Communications Brittany Morlan at 618.457.0371 or bmorlan@brehm.org.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009