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	Dr. Gavin Reid Ph.D. M.A, M.App.Sci, M.Ed., B.Ed, PG. Dip. Counseling, AMBDA, Assoc. F. B.P.S, Chartered Educational Psychologist, Member Health Professions Council, Dr. Gavin Reid is an international award winning author, educational psychologist and international seminar presenter. He is a consultant with the CCET in Kuwait and has had ten years experience as a classroom teacher and was formerly senior lecturer in educational studies at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. He has been visiting professor to UBC in Vancouver and has lectured internationally in over 60 countries and held external examiner appointments in 15 universities worldwide. He is co-founder of the Red Rose School for children with specific learning difficulties in Lancashire, UK and wrote the first masters course in dyslexia in the UK. He has also written post graduate courses in literacy and specific learning difficulties for the Open University in the UK and UBC in Vancouver, Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, The Institute for Child Education and Psychology, Dublin and the Center for Child Evaluation and Teaching (CCET)/and the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) in Kuwait. He has authored 25 books in dyslexia, SpLD, motivation and learning. He is based in Vancouver, Canada and he also conducts full psychological assessments in Kuwait, Geneva Scotland, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi and Cairo. Dr. Gavin Reid lectures extensively worldwide His web site is www.drgavinreid.com

	Dr.Steve Chinn, BSc, PhD, Dip Ed Man, AMBDA www.stevechinn.co.uk Steve Chinn taught for 40 years, in a variety of settings. He was Head of three specialist schools for dyslexic students, including Baltimore, USA where he was rated as a ‘Master Teacher’ by the State. He founded and for nineteen years ran Mark College, a school for dyslexic boys, which received several awards, including the Dept of Education’s ‘Highly Effective School’ certificate, Beacon School status, the ISA’s ‘Award for Excellence’ and a National Training Award. Steve has written several books based on his classroom research, including ‘The Trouble with Maths’ which won the NASEN/TES ‘Book for Learning and Teaching’ award in 2004. Steve runs training courses for teachers across the UK and has lectured on learning difficulties in maths in over 25 countries worldwide. He was Chair of the 3rd International Conference of the BDA and was co-founder and Chair of the Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexics (CReSTeD).He received the Marion Welchman International Award at the 2008 BDA conference.


	Dr. Gad Elbeheri, Ph.D (University of Durham, UK, ) Dr. Gad Elbeheri is the Executive Director of the Centre for Child Evaluation & Teaching; the premier leading centre in Kuwait which combines research and practice on specific learning disabilities across the Arab World. He is also the United Nations Development Programme's Kuwait Country Expert on Early Childhood Challenges Programme. An applied linguist who obtained his PhD from the University of Durham, UK, Dr. Elbeheri has a keen interest on cross-linguistic studies of dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties and their manifestations in Arabic. He is a Board Member of the International Dyslexia Association and an Editorial Board Member of Dyslexia: An International Journal of Research & Practice. Dr. Elbeheri mainly publishes in English but has also produced two books in Arabic: Dyslexia: A Guide for Teachers (its second edition being published now) and Dyslexia: A Guide for researchers.

	Mr. Joe McCann An educator with a passionate belief in the abilities of young people to overcome any obstacle put in their path when given the proper encouragement. A teacher first, a manager second, I came to education from the world of business and taught in a number of schools in the South West of England. I then joined a private company to manage their Interim Management Team which was a group of highly experienced teacher at senior management level who were responsible for ensuring that schools experienced a rapid improvement in the educational experience of the young people attending them. This gave me the drive and desire to attempt to level the playing field for all children by developing a process to ensure a more inclusive education system. I helped to design and set up Inclusion Quality Mark Ltd with the aim of supporting and advising schools on how best to meet the diverse needs of an ever-changing school population and develop a truly inclusive approach to education. This has led to setting up projects in Kuwait and Northern Ireland with further discussions with partners in Singapore and Egypt.


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