Working with users/ readers with specific learning disabilities in library with emphasis on dyslexia: methodology of work in cooperation with Prague Dys- center

CISÁRIKOVÁ, Karolína. 2017.Working with users/readers with specific learning disabilities in library with emphasis on dyslexia: methodology of work in cooperation with Prague DYS- center. Prague, 128 p. Diploma thesis. Charles University. Faculty of Arts: Department of Information Studies and Librarianship. Supervisor: PhDr. Hana Landová, Ph.D. The diploma thesis surveys the work of libraries with users diagnosed with dyslexia and in the conclusion delivers not only result analysis but methodological recommendations to strengthen and develop such cooperation as well. The focus of the work is to deliver a compact outline of the information connected with the specific learning disorder and to analyze the way libraries and people diagnosed with dyslexia cooperate in the Czech Republic. The work can be divided into two parts - theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part deals with general information about dyslexia with the focus on its origin, diagnosis and ways of reeducation. It also involves an overview of Czech and foreign experts involved in such area of work and an overview of organizations representing rights of dyslexia diagnosed people on local and international level. The theoretical part also includes examples from foreign experience. The empirical part is dealing with the research in..