E-learning Course 1: The phonological model of reading impairment (In your own time)

HPCSA Accreditation Number:  PSB002/022/01/2022 for 3 general ceu’s in Level 1 for attendance

Description:

Recording and a multiple-choice questionnaire to complete in your own time.

This is the first seminar in a three part series to explore the three main neural (brain) models underpinning reading impairment (formerly known as dyslexia) in adults and children. In this first seminar, the neural network underpinning the phonological model is discussed. This model understands poor reading as a disconnection in the neural networks that underpins normal reading, namely the dorsal and ventral pathways, known as the WHERE-WHAT system;  severity is associated with a single or double dissociation in these pathways. Seminal fMRI and PET studies, which formed the basis of this theory are presented. Recent imaging techniques, such as DTI and Tractography have, in part, confirmed a strong structure-function relationship for reading, but highlighted its complexity. The key critiques of this model are considered together with the implications for practise.  This seminar forms the basis to understand the brain models underpinning reading and forms the basis for seminar 2 and 3.

Where: E-learning

Date: In your own time

Presenter:

Joalida Smit

Neuropsychologist, Clinical Psychologist and Fine Artist

Clinical Psychologist MA Clin Psych (Stell)

Clinical Neuropsychologist MSc Neuropsychology (London, UK)

Diploma in Paediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology (Oxford)