ABOUT US

The Croatian Dyslexia Association was founded in Zagreb in 1992 as an association of citizens (professionals, parents, teachers and others) who are concerned with or interested in reading and writing disabilities. The Association has about 250 members.
Since 1992 it has been member of the European Dyslexia Association (EDA).

The basic goal of the Association is to help children and adults with reading and writing difficulties through the following activities:

• exchange of information and establishing contacts between professionals from the country and abroad,
• organization of expert meetings, seminars, lectures and other forms of knowledge and experience exchange,
• education and aid to teachers and professionals engaged in education,
• printing of popular publications,
• providing education and information for general public,
• development and stimulation of research in the field of dyslexia,
• development and standardization of diagnostic methods,
• co-operation and participation in the activities of European Dyslexia Association (EDA).

CONTACTS

address:
Hrvatska udruga za disleksiju
Znanstveno-učilišni kampus,
Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet,
Borongajska cesta 83f,
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

fax: +385-1-2333 360

e-mail address for all information about web-page
and Croatian Dyslexia Association:
ada.pavlic-cottiero@zg.t-com.hr
(Ada Pavlić-Cottiero, M.S.Arch, member of Association)

PUBLISHING AND PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES

The Croatian Dyslexia Association publishes a bulletin biannually for the purpose of briefing on dyslexia and popularizing the related problems.

Our publications:

• address book of the speech therapists in Croatia (2005),
• manual on dyslexia (2007); in addition to its printed version, the textbook is also available on CD,
• CD "Creative learning" (2008), which is first of three CD's planned in the project "Creative learning".

The Association has also had a poster printed. Leaflet and texts with brief information on dyslexia and related difficulties are being distributed in public meetings.

Members of the Association - professionals and parents, frequently participate in TV and radio broadcasts, write articles and give interviews in newspapers.

PROJECTS

1. Publication and distribution of manual, poster, leaflet and interactive manual on CD on dyslexia. Education of teachers and parents on the problem of dyslexia (2003-2007)

2. "Creative Learning" - learning with the help of interactive CD's (2006)
Three CD's are planned within the project. First CD "Let's read together" for the age 6-8 years is published in 2008. While playing the games with cat and mouse, children achieve the skills which are necessary for initial reading and writing. The other two CD's (for the age 8-10 and 11-14) are being prepared.


Projects are aimed at directly helping persons with dyslexia and their community and influencing schooling, legislation and governmental institutions to improve social care of dyslexic persons and children in particular.

IMMEDIATE AID

Every Wednesday experts from CDA are on call on phone giving advice and instructions.

The website has a forum on which professionals answer questions, either publicly in the forum or by e-mail messages.

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