The "I Feel You" project: Irlen Syndrome awareness in Ismailia
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The "I Feel You" project
Irlen Syndrome awareness in Ismailia
The Egyptian Foundation for Development and Quality held a seminar and workshop on Irlen Syndrome at 25 January School in Ismailia. Ms Eman Ezzat, Director of Community Participation at the Directorate of Education, handled the logistics for the session and chaired it ably
The Foundation provided all the technical arrangements needed to meet the project's objectives, so the session was useful for everyone and its activities were productive
And so it began
Irlen screeners
Dr Mervat Fayed
Dr Manal Gomaa
Dr Mona El-Toukhy
The seminar covered the symptoms of Irlen Syndrome
and how to reduce them
It also covered reading awareness, reading comprehension and learning difficulties
Self-assessment forms, or short screening forms, were distributed to those attending
Three cases were screened
Leaflets on Irlen Syndrome were distributed to those attending
The Foundation also provided a number of coloured exercise books that help improve the quality of handwriting
