Program for Easy-to-Read Network Meeting

Oslo 9 August 2010

Venue: Litteraturhuset, Oslo


8.30 – 9.00
Morning coffee/tea and Introduction
Anne Marit Godal, Norway and Bror Tronbacke, Sweden

9.00 – 9.45
What does statistics tell us about reading ability? How poor are adult reading skills?
Change of Programme. We will announce a new lecturer later on.

9.45 – 10.30
Reading Power – a presentation of a new project inspiring next of kin and volunteers to read aloud to people with dementia and a little about new research.
AnnMarie Lindman, Centre for Easy-to-Read, Sweden
10.30 – 10.45
Break with fruit and something to drink

10.45 – 11.30   
Books for everyone/Leser søker bok’s library network. Regional and local libraries are members of the network. A systematic approach to the spreading of literature. Reading Representatives/Leseombud – Volunteers or staff read aloud to people with reading disabilities.
Tine Solvang, Leser søker bok, Norway

11.30 – 12.00
Easy-to-Read promotion in partnership with public libraries.
Carme Mayol, Associació Lectura Fàcil, Spain

12.00 – 13.15
LUNCH

13.15 – 14.00
New guidelines and criteria for Easy-to-Read.
Leealaura Leskelä, Plain Language Centre, Finland,
Bror Tronbacke, Centre for Easy-to-Read, Sweden, Dietmar Löffler, Capito, Austria

14.00 – 14.30
Easy-to-read web sites dealing with work place security aiming to prevent accidents.
Dietmar Löffler, Capito and Birgit Peböck, University of Linz, Institute for integrated studies, Austria

14.30 – 15.15
The needs of our targetgroups – people with dyslexia, dementia, aphasia, intellectual disability, and also reluctant readers, immigrants and elderly all have separate needs of adaptions. How can we work to satisfy each target group? Anne Marit Godal, Leser søker bok, Norway
– Debate.

15.15 – 15.30
Break with afternoon coffee/tea

15.30 – 16.30
How to develop the easy-to-read network.
- Cooperation between members/countries
- Joint projects
- Cooperation with other networks


Trip to the new opera house in Oslo

19.00 -    
Dinner at Ekebergrestauranten with a beautiful view over Oslo for those who wish to join (at one’s own expense)

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