Dyslexia: A Practitioner's Handbook - Softcover

Reid, Gavin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470848529 ISBN 13: 9780470848524

Publisher: Wiley, 2003

Synopsis

This new edition of an extremely successful practitioner's handbookincorporates the many changes in the definition and assessment ofdyslexia and in educational policy (including some new legislation)that have taken place since the second edition was published in1998.

Completely revised and updated throughout, there are also newchapters covering learning styles, secondary school aspects, anddyslexia throughout the lifespan.
* Covers recent reports and legislation teachers and policy makersneed 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 aninvaluable resource." Frederika Ritherdon, Principal SEN Officer,Bolton LEA

"Your books are in hot demand from the library". Angie SilberyShoji, CEO, Specific Learning Disabilities Association, New Zealand

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This thoroughly revised edition of the popular Dyslexia: A Practitioner's Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of research and practice in dyslexia. It provides a range of assessment and teaching strategies that can be applied in mainstream primary and secondary schools.

This new edition:

• reviews new and alternative interventions for dyslexia and international initiatives
• focuses on inclusion, describing best practice in schools, as well as covering issues relating to multilingualism
• highlights the challenges presented by individual subject areas of the curriculum, issues for students in further and continuing education and the perspective of parents
• includes a fully revised annotated bibliography of recently published resources and comments on how they can be used.

This comprehensive handbook will be an invaluable resource for those studying for a recognised qualification in Special Education and Dyslexia, as well as providing an accessible guide for parents, teachers and other professionals.

COMMENTS ON THE SECOND EDITION

'Gavin Reid has the ability to make a complicated subject easily accessible to the reader. ? I recommend this book to everyone undertaking teacher training and to all teachers with pupils struggling with literacy.' European Journal of Special Needs Education

'This book brings together in a helpful format a great deal of useful information and ideas which will be of value to teachers and others working in this field.' The Psychologist

About the Author:

Gavin Reid Ph.D., M.A, is an independent international educational psychologist. He is a director of the Red Rose School in the UK and Global Educational Consultancies. He is also a consultant to the Institute of Child Education and Psychology, Europe, the Open University and the BBC in the UK and the Child Early Intervention Medical Center in Dubai. He was visiting professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in the Department of Education and Counseling Psychology and Special Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0470848529
• ISBN 13: 9780470848524
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 438