Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties
Mark Selikowitz(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. February 1993
Book
Hardback
138 pages
978-0-19-262299-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book is about the problems of intelligent children who struggle to learn. The author deals with difficulties in traditional academic areas such as spelling, reading and arithmetic, as well as tackling more subtle conditions such as clumsiness, social unease and hyperactivity. He describes what is known about these problems, incorporating current views and research into his explanation of the mental processes involved in learning. He concentrates on information that is of practical relevance to parents in understanding their children's difficulties and in helping them to overcome them - including advice on helping children to gain skills and improve their self-esteem, and suggestions for managing difficult behaviours.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
23 line drawings, appendix, glossary, index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-262299-0 (9780192622990)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Introduction: what are specific learning difficulties?; how a specific learning difficulty is diagnosed; theories of causation; how parents can help - general principles. Part 2 Areas of learning: reading; spelling; writing; arithmetic; language; attention (hyperactivity) and sequential organization; co-ordination and clumsiness; social and emotional development. Part 3: contoversial treatments; adulthood.