Dyslexia, Speech and Language

Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Contributors.
Chapter 1: Language skills and learning to read: the dyslexiaspectrum (Margaret J. Snowling).
Chapter 2: Speech and spelling difficulties: what to look for(Joy Stackhouse).
Chapter 3: The dyslexic brain (W.A. Lishman).
Chapter 4: The prediction and screening of children'sreading difficulties (Valerie Muter).
Chapter 5: Assessing speech and language skills in theschool-age child (Hilary Gardner).
Chapter 6: Assessing reading and spelling skills (Nata K.Goulandris).
Chapter 7: Assessing children's reading comprehension(Kate Nation).
Chapter 8: Short-term memory: assessment and intervention(Maggie Vance and Jane E. Mitchell).
Chapter 9: Phonological awareness and reading intervention(Peter J. Hatcher).
Chapter 10: Spelling: challenges and strategies for the dyslexiclearner and the teacher (Claire Jamieson and Sarah Simpson).
Chapter 11: Developing handwriting skills (Jane Taylor).
Chapter 12: Managing the needs of pupils with dyslexia inmainstream classrooms (Janet Hatcher).
Chapter 13: The assessment and management of psychosocialaspects of reading and language impairments (Poppy Nash).
Chapter 14: Supporting language and literacy in the early years:interdisciplinary training (Jannet A. Wright and Janet Wood).
Chapter 15: Current themes and future directions (MaggieSnowling and Joy Stackhouse).
References.
Author index.
Subject index.