Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)
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Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)

Challenges and Responses

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Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)

Challenges and Responses

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Drawing on the work of eleven experienced educational psychologists, this book presents a variety of approaches to prevention, identification and intervention and makes practical recommendations for future progress.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781136122927
Edition
1
Subject Index
abilities 41–2, 48, 79, 145, 221, 225
cognitive 22, 58, 78
language 39, 123, 162
literacy 43, 93; reading 68, 69, 121, 180–1; writing 76
mathematical 17, 69
mental 17
psycholinguistic 92
spelling 69
verbal 80
visual-motor perceptual 230
visuo-spatial 243
see also attainments; intellectual ability
access 74, 75, 236, 237, 241
psychological services 98, 222
see also curriculum
accountability 43, 128, 238
achievement 39, 67–9, 84, 100, 101–2, 135–6
level 95
ratios 119
unevenness 275
acquired dyslexia 8, 9, 20
see also developmental dyslexia
acute dyslexia 23
additional tuition 245, 250, 251
adjustment 101, 115, 128, 135, 136, 145
administrative/legal issues 46–9
adults 44–5, 54, 76, 132, 152, 166
personal accounts 64
subterfuges 10
aetiologies 6, 8, 19, 29, 44, 100
central nervous system dysfunction 15
disagreements on 186
implications 20, 22
neuropathological 147, 148, 152, 158
age
chronological 95, 96, 101, 105, 119
gap between attainments and 99, 120
mental 104, 106
see also reading age; spelling age
aggression 70, 71
alienation 65
allergic responses 179
alleviation 104, 110, 158, 186, 239
administrati...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Coptright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables and Figures
  7. Preface
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Section A: Challenges
  11. Section B: Psychological Responses
  12. Section C: Psychoeducational Responses
  13. Section D: Psychomedical Responses
  14. Section E: Survey Responses
  15. Key Themes and Recommendations
  16. Appendix I Submission Received from the Department of Education and Science (May 1989)
  17. Appendix II Extract from ‘GCSE: Arrangements for Candidates with a Disability’
  18. References
  19. Author Index
  20. Subject Index