Kjeld V. Johansen, MSc (psychology), PhD
Psychologist/Educator. Born 1937 near Roskilde, DK. Director of Baltic Dyslexia Research Lab ApS (Ltd.) – (Founded 1975).
1954-1960 service
in Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF).
1963 graduated from
teacher training college (Haderslev State College, DK).
1984 PhD in Education (PWU, L.A., www.pwu-ca.edu) and director BDRL.
2001 MSc in Psychology (CCU, CA, www.calcoast.edu).
1963-1972
classroom teacher (math and science).
1972–2000 viceprincipal, principal, lecturer (teacher training, DPU),
and educational consultant.
2000-
director Baltic Dyslexia Research Lab,
lecturer, educational consultant
Author of books in math
for children and adults (in Danish).
Developed ADT/HSAS/JIAS/JIAS (Auditory
Discrimination Training/Hemisphere Specific Auditory Stimulation/Johansen
Individualized Auditory Stimulation).
(JIAS Johansen
Individualized Auiditory Stimulatio
is IADT Individualized
Auditory Discrimination Training through
IHSAS Individualized
Hemisphere Specific Auditory Stimulation using newly developed computer technology and
software for assessments and for recordings of individual stimulation CDs for
use at home or at school)=.
Author of books and several articles on hearing,
(C)APD, language development and developmental
dyslexia.
Lecturer at conferences,
seminars and training courses in Scandinavia, Europe, the UK, Ireland, the
U.S., Canada and New Zealand.
1995
Recorded in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, Twelfth Edition (US)
1995
Award for Unique Contribution to Dyslexia Research and Remediation by INPP,
Chester, UK.
2007 Member
of the International Honour Society DELTA EPSILON
TAU
Lifetime member of the International Dyslexia Association (US), www.interdys.org
Member of
the New York Academy of Sciences (US), www.nyas.org
Member of
the Dyslexia Research Trust (UK), www.dyslexic.org.uk
In
1997 a group of American universities offering distance learning programs
founded the Delta Epsilon Tau International Honor Society (DET) to honour
distance learning students graduating with an average of “A”.
In 2001 Kjeld Johansen
graduated with a major in psychology (MSc) and in May
2007 he was by the Chapter at the California Coast University, Gamma of California,
elected to membership in DET.
In 2007 the group of
International Directors for the Johansen program (now working in more than 20
countries worldwide) decided to rename the program: Johansen Individualized
Auditory Stimulation (JIAS).
Recent professional
updates:
Dec. 2009: Central
Auditory Processing. Part of Masterclasses in
Advanced Audiology (MCAA), Univ. College, London (UCL).
May 2011: Auditory
Processing and Language Disorders (MCAA-UCL).
Oct. 2012: Auditory
Processing and Language Disorders: Current Science and
Clinical Practice (MCAA-UCL).