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Niilo Mäki 1902-1968 The most prominent early developer of neuropsychology and special education in Finland Active in developing teaching and remediation www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
Niilo Mäki Foundation Niilo Mäki Institute Research Publications & in-service training Clinical work www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
Developmental co-operation Research in NMI Comordibity Assessment Learning to read, reading disabilities, developmental language disorders Learning arithmetics and arithmetic disorder Developmental coordination disorders Attention deficit disorders Developmental co-operation Interventions www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U U T T I
Research in NMI www.nmi.fi Learning to read and reading/writing disabilities Mathematical disabilities ADHD Coordination disorders Preventing school dropout Assessment and rehabilitation of LDs www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
Clinical work www.nmi.fi Child assessment clinic in co-operation with Family Guidance clinic (Town of Jyväskylä) Assessment: about 60 children/year Rehabilitation: about 60 children/year Collecting clinical data for research purposes www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
Publications and training in-service training for teachers, special education teachers, psychologists, speech- and occupational therapists, daycare personnel 150 training days/year 5000 participants/year Publications on developmental disorders books assessment methods intervention manuals 11 000 copies delivered/year www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
NMI-Bulletin www.nmi.fi Published quarterly Publishes articles on development and learning in childhood and adolescence and on difficulties of those original, peer reviewed articles Finnish summaries of internationally published studies articles on ”good practices” Print amount about 2000; ~1500 subscribers www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
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Intervention manuals; KUMMI-series www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
Intervention manuals www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
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Developmental cooperation Projects for teacher training and supporting children learn to read Activities in Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia and Kenya Child assesment clinic in Zambia www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
Funding www.nmi.fi Finnish Slot Machine Association Ministry of Education Finnish National Board of Education Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Social Fund www.nmi.fi N I I L O M Ä K I I N S T I T U T E
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