The Schwab Dyslexia and Cognitive Diversity Center held its annual Spring Symposium on April 13th, 2022 featuring national experts in dyslexia research and policy, and a welcome by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
This was an opportunity to hear about preliminary research supported by the Schwab Innovation Funds.
The theme of this year's symposium was Using Bench and Applied Science to Support Diverse Learners in Reading and Math . The agenda included:
Reports from the Co-Directors:
- Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini, MD, PhD: Updates on Implementation of the Phenotype Study, the Bench To School Initiative, and the Multitudes Project
- Stephen Hinshaw, PhD: ADHD in Girls: Underachievement, LD, and Stigma
Innovation Fund topics included:
- Ting Qi, PhD: Cortical Folding of the Left Superior Temporal Cortex Associated with Acoustic Edge Perception in Developmental Dyslexia
- Sladjana Lukic, PhD: Investigating Auditory Verbal Short-term Memory in Dyslexia
- Sandhya Kannan, BA: The Effect of Bilingualism on Language Measures in a Cohort of Children with Dyslexia
- Courtney Gallen, PhD: Closed-Loop Digital Attention Intervention Improves Attention and Reading in Students with Learning Differences
Workshops:
- Resha Conroy, MS, MPA , Race and Dyslexia: Barriers to Diagnosis for Black Children
- Lillian Durán, PhD , Exploring Dyslexia Screening Approaches with Spanish Speaking Students: Understanding the Critical Roles of Home Language Exposure and Language of Instruction
- Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, PhD , Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Elementary Mathematics