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Hello! Try Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre at Frensham, Farnham, Surrey GU10 3BW. Tel : 01252 792400. Loretto. FaAt 13:48 15/01/97 +0000, you wrote: >>Hi >> >>Thought I'd try this one again. >> >>Can anybody point me in the right direction for information on Computer based >>assessment programs for Adult Dyslexic's? What are the pro's and con's? Would >>a computer system really be a useful first filter when identifying learning >>problems? >> >>Mary ELD, >>Secretary Dyxies, OBSU >>Oxford Brookes University. >>======================================================================== >> Dyslexic's rule K.O. >> > >Hello, > >Their isn't that much on computerised screening as far as I can tell. >However their is a feasibility study which was commissioned by the then >Department of Employment into computerised screening in Job Centers. This >contains a litterateur revue, and interview and questionaire studies of >professionals in the field. If you want to get hold of your best bet is >probably the government department in question as there are very few copies >round here and it's a pretty chunky booklet. Here is the reference- > >Nicolson R.I., Fawcett A.J., and Miles T.R. (1993). 'Feasibility study >for the development of a computerised screening test for dyslexia in >adults'. Report OL176, Employment Department. > >I hope that it is of some help. Good luck, and keep us informed. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Gregory W. Z. Brachacki e-mail: [log in to unmask] >University of Sheffield Tel. : +44 (0) 114 222 6512 >Department of Psychology >Sheffield S10 2TP >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%