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The Bergen Longitudinal Dyslexia Study

List of Collaborators

The Speak Up Project would sincerely like to thank the many people and institutions who have helped make the project possible. We would also like to extend a special thank you to the children and parents who participated in the project.

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Research

Professor Karsten Specht, University of Bergen
Frøydis Morken, PhD candidate, University of Bergen
Researcher René Westerhausen, University of Bergen
Researcher Animesh Sharma, University of Bergen
Merethe Nygård, PhD candidate, University of Bergen

Professor Elena Plante, University of Arizona
Professor Mikael Heimann, University of Linköping
Tomas Tjus, Senior lecturer, University of Gothenburg
Kristi Clark, Post.doc., Laboratory of Neuroimaging (LONI), UCLA
Erling Hvilen, Chief engineer, The balance laboratory, Haukeland University Hospital
The MR laboratory, Haukeland University Hospital, in particular radiographers Turid Randa and Eva Øksnes

Students of the masterprogramme in logopedics, University of Bergen/University of Oslo

Financial support

University of Bergen
Statped Vest (The National Support System for Special Needs Education, Western Norway)
Haugesund municipality
Kvinnherad municipality
Førde municipality
Fræna municipality
The Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Meltzers høyskolefond
The Research Council of Norway

Test administrators

Arnhild Johannessen, PPT Haugesund
Berit Aanensen, PPT Haugesund
Liv Horgen, PPT Kvinnherad
Berthilde Stengele, PPT Kvinnherad
Elisabeth K. Midtun, PPT for Indre Sunnfjord
Reidun Helleseth, PPT for Indre Sunnfjord
Elisabeth Hunnes, PPT for Gjennes, Eide og Fræna
Eli R. Barman, PPT for Gjennes, Eide og Fræna
Margaret Klepstad Færevåg, Statped Vest, Bergen