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   |dates= 18 May 2002
   |dates= 18 May 2002
   |participants_type=Psychologists, Special Educators, Speech Therapists, Scientists, Educators, Parents, Students
   |participants_type=Psychologists, Special Educators, Speech Therapists, Scientists, Educators, Parents, Students
   |participants_num= 120
   |participants_num= 220
   |total_duration=1 day
   |total_duration=1 day
   |link=[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/File:Dyslexia_2002_5th_PressRelease.pdf Press Release]
   |link=[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/File:Dyslexia_2002_5th_PressRelease.pdf Press Release]

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Computers and Dyslexia 2002
Computers and Dyslexia 2002
Project MAPS
Place Cyprus University, Nicosia
Cyprus
Date(s) 18 May 2002
Type of participants Psychologists, Special Educators, Speech Therapists, Scientists, Educators, Parents, Students
Number of participants 220
Total Duration 1 day
Link(s) Press Release



The 2002 Conference on Computers and Dyslexia, also the 5th, was organized by the Dyslexia Group of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute with co-organizers the Cyprus Dyslexia Association, the Department of English Studies of the University of Cyprus (Andreas Papapavlou, and CYBER KIDS. The Coordinator for the organization was Stella Ioannides. Opening and talks by:


Speakers included Dr. Rod Nicolson from the University of Sheffield (UK), who offered an overview of latest delevlopments in the field, Dr. Timotheos Papadopoulos from the University of Cyprus who presentd his team's new program on intervention, and Dr. Maria Zafrana, from Aristoteleion University in Athens, who talked about the need for a complete re-design of education. Mrs. Aleca Palekythritou, Secretary of Cyprus Dyslexia Association informed about the association's pioneering initiatives especially in the area of legal aspects.

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