Dolean, D.D., Lervåg, A. & Melby-Lervåg, M., (2024, September). The impact of an oral language intervention
on reading comprehension and written composition. Oral presentation at the EARLI SIG 2 Conference:
Comprehension of Text and Graphics: From Human to Artificial Intelligence, Valencia, Spain.
Dolean, D.D., Lervåg, A. & Melby-Lervåg, M., (2024, July). Children from disadvantaged communities:
The impact of a structured oral language intervention on oral language skills, reading comprehension and writing skills.
Symposium presentation at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Studies of Reading, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dolean, D.D., Melby-Lervåg, M., & Lervåg, A. (2023, July). Socioeconomic background, school absence, word reading
and reading comprehension are related to the middle school exit exam among Roma and non-Roma youths in Romania.
A longitudinal study from the first to eighth grades. Spoken paper at the 30th Annual Conference of the Society
for the Scientific Studies of Reading, Port Douglas, Australia.
Dolean, D.D. (2022, February). Beyond correct words per minute: How can we reliably monitor the progress of
reading skills. Lecture presentation at the Annual Conference of Palmetto State Literacy Association,
Hilton Head, SC (USA)
Dolean, D.D. (2022, January). How can the Science of Reading help teachers of struggling readers?
Lecture presentation at the 59th Annual Conference of Learning Disabilities Association of America, New Orleans, LA.
Dolean, D.D. (2021, September). Reading Development of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners. Keynote Address
at the Greenville County Literacy Association professional development meeting (Virtual).
Pop R. (2021, July). How does school absenteeism affect Roma children’s literacy skills. Lecture
presentation to Education, Reflection, Development International Conference, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Dolean, D.D. (2021, July). Language skills but not executive functions predict the development of reading comprehension.
Lecture presentation at the 56th International Conference of United Kingdom Literacy Association (Virtual).
Dolean, D.D. (2021, March). How can we reliably monitor the progress of reading skills? Lecture presentation on
the 99th Annual Convention of the Council of Exceptional Children: CEC 2021 L.I.V.E. (Virtual)
Dolean, D. D. (2021). How can we reliably monitor the progress of reading skills?
Paper presentation to the International Convention of Council of Exceptional Children, March 2021.
Dolean, D. D. (2020, February). How can we reliably monitor the progress of reading skills?Paper presentation
to the 57th Annual Convention of the Learning Disability Association of America, Orlando, FL.
Pop, R. (2020). Challenges of teaching Roma minority how to read: What do we know and what can we do about it?
The 2nd International Conference of Applied Research in Education, Prague, Czech Republic
Dolean, D.D. & Damsa, C. (2017, August). Literacy development of Roma children over the summer break:
Is it more than a socio-economic issue? Roundtable presentation at the bi-annual conference of
European Association for Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Tampere, Finland.
Dolean, D.D., Lervag, A., Melby-Lervag, M., Tincas, I. & Damsa, C. (2017, August).
Low socio-economic status can harm not just the initial stage but also the growth of reading skills.
Paper presentation at the annual conference of American Psychological Association (APA),
Division 15 (Educational Psychology), Washington DC, USA.
Dolean, D.D., Tincas, I. & Damsa, C. (2017, April). Is summer reading loss universal?
Roundtable presentation at the annual conference of American Educational Research
Association (AERA), San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Dolean, D.D., Damsa, C. & Tincas, I. (2016, October). The role of socio-economic status
and classroom interventions in the development of literacy skills of Roma children in Romania.
Paper presented at the international conference Social Inclusion and Equal Opportunities – SIEO 2016,
Timisoara, Romania.
Dolean, D.D. (2016, September). Invited speaker. The development of oral language and reading skills
of monolingual and bilingual minority children: A comparative analysis. Invited presentation at the
annual international “Collaborative Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics”, Barcelona, Spain.
Melby-Lervag, M., Dolean, D.D., Tincas, I., Damsa, C., & Lervag, A. (2016, July).
Development of word decoding skills of Roma children: The impact of contextual factors.
In Nag, S. (Chair) Interventions for language and literacy learning for difficult-to-reach children.
Symposium conducted at the 23rd annual international convention of Society for Scientific Studies
of Reading, Porto, Portugal.
Dolean, D.D. (2016, July). Keynote speaker. Educating children from diverse backgrounds. The
impact of socio-economic status on literacy development. Lecture given at the 4th International
Conference “Education, Reflection, Development”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Dolean, D. D. & Damsa, C. (2015, December). Early literacy of Roma children from Romania: Predictors,
literacy levels and enhancement strategies (mid-term report). Paper presented at the international
conference „Achievements and future steps”, Bucharest, Romania.
Dolean, D.D. (2015, July). Re-assessing the educational needs of Roma children: How does
linguistic ability affect their literacy attainement? Paper presented at the 51st International
Conference of United Kingdom Literacy Association, Nottingham , UK.