ADPS Conference: 11 February 2004
ADPS Conference: 11 February 2004
Scottish Sensory Centre/The University of Edinburgh
Venue
Paterson's Land, Moray House School of Education, The University of Edinburgh.
Conference Report
70 people attended the conference.
- Welcome: Professor Pamela Munn, Head of Moray House School of Education
- ADPS Findings and Issues: Dr Mary Brennan,
Project Director
- The context
- Selected findings: 2000/01 and 2001/02
- Reading achievement of deaf pupils
- ADPS Findings and Issues: Marian Grimes,
Research Associate
- Information on visual impairments/ disabilities/learning difficulties 2000/01
- Pupil & ex-pupil perspectives
- Family survey
- Launch of the ADPS Website: Cathie Craigie MSP
- Partnership with stakeholders
- ADPS & deaf organisations
- Group discussions
- Plenary session with panel
Welcome
Professor Pamela Munn
Head of Moray House School of Education, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Munn welcomed all participants and introduced the day. She stressed the importance of the project in terms of its potential to make a difference to relevant policy and practice - for example in evaluating the impact on deaf pupils of inclusion policies.
Formal apologies were presented from:
Claire Leiper, Research Associate, ADPS project; Colin Dalrymple, Secretary
of the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland; Sandra White,
MSP; Lord James Douglas Hamilton, MSP and Cllr Ewan Aitken, Education
Spokesperson, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA).
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