NGO Mladiinfo Montenegro from 18. to 21. April 2024. organized a training about dyslexia and visual thinking in Podgorica, as part of the “Visual Thinking for Youth” project. 40 young people from Italy, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Montenegro participated.
The first two days of training were held in the hall of the Red Cross, where most of the lectures were held. The trainer was Master Speech Therapist Aleksandra Vukotić and she introduced the participants to the topic of dyslexia through the theoretical and practical part and taught them methods of visual thinking. On the second day, Aleksandar Vukotić, a successful young man who grew up with dyslexia and who shared his experience with the participants and what he achieved despite that obstacle, joined as a lecturer.
After receiving all the necessary information about dyslexia and learning methods of visual thinking, on the third day in the Mtel Digital Factory, the participants, through group work, recorded the acquired knowledge in a creative way in the form of a video that will be published as part of the project, in order to increase awareness of dyslexia, and to inform other young people about that topic. In addition to practical work, a tour of the city was organized that day, which was made possible by the Tourism Organization of Podgorica.
The last day was reserved for a cruise on Lake Skadar, and in this way the participants got to know Montenegro better. Entrance tickets to the Skadar Lake National Park were made possible by the National Parks of Montenegro and the National Tourist Organization. The final evaluation was also done in Virpazar.
This training was the first in a series, and we are expecting two more, the first in June in Sarajevo and the second in September in Tirana.
The project was financed by the Erasmus plus program and aims to promote the social inclusion of dyslexic young people between the ages of 13 and 19, through visual thinking, which consists of conveying and presenting ideas through simple and easily recognizable images.