Under the slogan "Read and Ascend"‎

The Special Education Department Child and Family Lab- ‎College of Education at the United Arab Emirates University ‎has organized a workshop Read and Ascend within the ‎activities of the Reading Month, which addressed several ‎topics such as dyslexia, tactile intelligence, and the ‎relationship between reading and writing, presented by the ‎college professors and specialists.‎

This workshop comes in interaction with the Reading Month, ‎linking reading with people of determination, introducing the ‎difficulties that people of determination face in reading, how ‎to find solutions to these difficulties, and motivating them to ‎participate in reading activities.‎

Dr. Ashraf Mustafa - Lecturer at the Department of Special ‎Education - gave his presentation: "Determination, Reading ‎and Ambition" on the different reading methods for students ‎of determination, such as the visually impaired, through the ‎‎"Braille" method and tactile methods. He provided a practical ‎guide on methods of using tactile methods to obtain ‎knowledge and information. Dr. Ashraf also presented ‎procedural practices that illustrate reading difficulties faced by ‎students with dyslexia, as well as the relationship between ‎reading and writing and the need for teachers to support ‎students to develop reading and writing skills.‎

Dr. Maxwell Opoko - Assistant Professor in the Department ‎of Special Education - gave his presentation:  "My Head and ‎My Hand" about the relationship between reading and ‎writing. He discussed the processes involved in reading and ‎their relationship to writing. Dr. Maxwell also emphasized ‎the need for teachers to support students to develop reading ‎and writing skills at the same time.‎

Siham Tim - the senior specialist in the Special Education Lab ‎‎- discussed a lot of information about dyslexia, its definition ‎and indicators and remedial interventions. She also reviewed ‎interactive activities with the aim of providing students with ‎practical experiences in dealing with dyslexia cases.‎