Dyslexia

Presenting case studies and interviews with all those concerned, combined with an up-to-date account of current thinking, Living With Dyslexia provides an accessible and realistic account of the condition.

This new edition of an extremely successful practitioner's handbook incorporates the many changes in the definition and assessment of dyslexia and in educational policy (including some new legislation) that have taken place since the second edition was published in 1998. Completely revised and updated throughout, there are also new chapters covering learning styles, secondary school aspects, and dyslexia throughout the lifespan. Covers recent reports and legislation teachers and policy makers need to know about Provides practical material on instruction and teaching Written by an internationally well-known author Praise for the Second Edition: "...I found the handbook practical, readable, concise and an invaluable resource." Frederika Ritherdon, Principal SEN Officer, Bolton LEA "Your books are in hot demand from the library". Angie Silbery Shoji, CEO, Specific Learning Disabilities Association, New Zealand

This edition offers invaluable advice to teachers on how they can recognize specific learning difficulties and give practical help to children in their classes. Written in an accessible, jargon-free language it provides guidelines on the way children with dyslexia learn language and achieve literacy skills.

West explodes many myths about conventional intelligence and charts new vistas for today's computer visualization technologies.

Although the term learning disabled (LD) is widely used, few agree on its definition or origins. This edited volume attempts to bridge that knowledge gap by bringing together experts from a variety of perspectives-biological, cognitive, educational, sociological, & interactive-to discuss the nature of LD, its origins, its diagnosis, & effective remediation. Framing the discussion are introductory & concluding chapters written by the editors.