Marta Bogdanowicz

1. University of Gdansk, Poland The Marta Bogdanowicz Questionnaire: The Rights Of Students With Dyslexia In College/University by prof.Marta Bogdanowicz, prof.Marija Kavkler

2. Organisations participating in the survey of

3. Dyslexics as students withSpecial Educational Needs(SEN)

4. Q5. Are children with dyslexia considered to have Special Educational Needs (SEN) in your country/ region? Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, UK Croatia

5. Q6. Are children with dyslexia covered by the same laws as people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in your country/ region? Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, UK Iceland, Italy

6. Dyslexic children are regarded to have Special Educational Needs(SEN) • in 94% of the surveyed countries • it is confirmed by special legislation in 87%of them

7. Students with dyslexiaat college oruniversity

8. Q8. What is the general awareness of the problems experienced by students with dyslexia at college/university? Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Greece,Iceland, Italy, Russia, Slovenia Croatia, France, Lithuania, Poland Czech Republic, Ireland, Sweden UK

9. Q9. Do college/universitystudents with dyslexia have any special legal rights in your country/region? Czech Republic,Croatia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia Cyprus, Denmark, France, Sweden, UK

10. Q10. Does any law guarantee these rights? Cyprus, Denmark, France, Sweden, UK

11. Q13. Is there any team or person at college or university where a student with dyslexia can find support? Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Poland Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland,Ireland, Italy, Sweden, UK Cyprus, Russia

12. Students with dyslexia at college/university • do not usually have their problems recognised and understood (81% of the countries described the awareness of their problems as poor or very poor) • have special rights guaranteed by law only in 31% of the countries • can find support from some special team or person at their college/university in 56% of surveyed countries.

13. Special Rights for dyslexic studentsin the surveyed countries

14. Q14. Can students with dyslexia take oral (spoken) exams instead of written ones ? Czech Republic, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden Croatia, Denmark, Lithuania, Russia, UK France

15. Q14. Can students with dyslexia take oral (spoken) exams instead of written ones ? Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia Czech Republic, France, Sweden Cyprus, France, Finland

16. Q14. Can students with dyslexia take oral (spoken) exams instead of written ones ? Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Sweden France, Ireland, Sweden

17. Q15. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive good marks in written tasks despite poor handwriting (heavy readable text) ? Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, UK Iceland

18. Q15. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive good marks in written tasks despite poor handwriting (heavy readable text) ? Czech Republic, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia Russia Czech Republic Cyprus

19. Q15. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive good marks in written tasks despite poor handwriting (heavy readable text) ? Finland, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, UK Ireland, Sweden

20. Q16. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive good marks despite poor spelling ? Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden Croatia, France, Greece, Iceland, Russia

21. Q16. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive good marks despite poor spelling ? Cyprus,Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia Czech Republic Cyprus

22. Q16. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive good marks despite poor spelling ? Ireland, Sweden Finland, Ireland, Italy, Sweden

23. Q17. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) use a computer or typewriter for written work? Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, UK Croatia, Russia

24. Q17. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) use a computer or typewriter for written work? Czech Republic, France, Iceland Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovenia Finland UK

25. Q17. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) use a computer or typewriter for written work? Finland, France,Ireland, Sweden Finland, France, Ireland

26. Q18. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) do verbal (spoken) instead of written work ? Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden Croatia, Greece, Lithuania, UK Denmark, Iceland

27. Q18. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) do verbal (spoken) instead of written work ? Czech Republic, Finland, France, Iceland, Poland, Russia, Slovenia Czech Republic Russia France

28. Q18. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) do verbal (spoken) instead of written work ? Finland, Ireland, Italy, Sweden Ireland, Sweden

29. Q19. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) use a tape for recording lectures ? Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, UK Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania

30. Q19. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) use a tape for recording lectures ? Czech Republic, Cyprus, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland,Italy, Poland, Slovenia, UK Czech Republic, Russia Russia France

31. Q19. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) use a tape for recording lectures ? Sweden Finland, Sweden

32. Q20. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive extra time during written exams? Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Sweden, UK Croatia, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Russia

33. Q20. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive extra time during written exams? Cyprus, Czech Republic, France Iceland, Slovenia France

34. Q20. Can students with dyslexia at college (university) receive extra time during written exams? Finland, France,Ireland, Italy, Sweden France, Sweden

35. Q21. If students need to study two or more compulsory languages at college (university) is it possible for a student with dyslexia to learn only1? Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia Cyprus, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden France, Finland

36. Students with dyslexia at college/university have certain rights • maytake oral (spoken) exams instead of written ones in 62% of the countries • may receive good marks in written tasks despite poor handwritingin 62% ofthe countries • may use a computer or typewriter for written work in 87% of the countries • may do verbal (spoken) instead of written work in 56% of the countries • may use a tape for recording lectures in 81% of the countries • may receive extra time during written exams in 69% of the countries

37. Students with dyslexia at college/university have certain rights HOWEVER • in most cases they are not applied due to any general policy or legislation, but depend on teacher’s discretion (13-69% of the countries) • they are applied quite rarely in college (13-31%) or state (6-25%) exams • they do not apply to possibility of releasing a dyslexic student from learning the second obligatory language (it is possible only in 2 countries and even there – not always)

38. Special Rights for dyslexic students  basis for receiving them

39. Q23. Which of the following points are necessary for special arrangements? public clinic private clinic school psychologist team of specialists teacher’s decision

40. Q23. Which of the following points are necessary for special arrangements? Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden public clinic private clinic school psychologist team of specialists teacher’s decision

41. Q23. Which of the following points are necessary for special arrangements? Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden public clinic private clinic school psychologist team of specialists teacher’s decision Ireland, Italy, Sweden

42. Q23. Which of the following points are necessary for special arrangements? Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden public clinic private clinic school psychologist team of specialists teacher’s decision Ireland, Italy, Sweden Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland Russia, Sweden

43. Q23. Which of the following points are necessary for special arrangements? Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden public clinic private clinic school psychologist team of specialists teacher’s decision Ireland, Italy, Sweden Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland Russia, Sweden Czech Republic, Finland, France, Iceland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden

44. Q23. Which of the following points are necessary for special arrangements? Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden public clinic private clinic school psychologist team of specialists teacher’s decision Ireland, Italy, Sweden Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland Russia, Sweden Czech Republic, Finland, France, Iceland, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Poland

45. The basis for receiving special rights fordyslexic students • public clinics are more often than private ones authorised to recommend application of special rights for dyslexic students • teacher’s decision is quite often one of the factors (or the only factor) necessary for application of special rights

46. Q24. Are disability records for students held confidentially at college (university)? Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, UK Greece, Russia Cyprus, Czech Republic, Iceland

47. Special rights of dyslexic students concern the following areas: • assessing dyslexic students accordingly to their abilities • allowing them alternative ways of performance at school • supplying them with special conditions during examinations

48. Special rights of dyslexic students • although seem to be applied in most of the surveyed countries, they are not usually guaranteed by any special legislation • in most cases the only people responsible for applying special rights are TEACHERS however • the level of awareness of dyslexia-related problems at colleges/universities is insufficient (in most countries described as ‘poor ‘)

49. Special rights of dyslexic students THEREFORE it is especially important to raise the level of awareness of dyslexia and quality of education among COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TEACHERS