Assessment for Dyslexia and Learning Differences
A Concise Guide for Teachers and Parents
Published on 21. June 2019
136 pages
978-1-78450-911-8 (ISBN)
Description
Filling a hole in the market for an informative and user-friendly guide to the topic, this is a go-to guide for any parent or teacher.
Positive, empowering and written to suit an international audience, this guide is essential reading for education professionals and parents of children with dyslexia and other learning differences. It includes practical strategies, useful websites and resources, as well as ways of recognising early on that your child or pupil has dyslexia. The authors, experienced dyslexia and learning differences consultants, highlight the importance of effective and positive communication between home and school, as well as with the child.
Assessment for Dyslexia and Learning Differences is the perfect pocket guide for busy professionals and parents, who will be able to read it one sitting or alternatively dip in and out of it as they please.
Positive, empowering and written to suit an international audience, this guide is essential reading for education professionals and parents of children with dyslexia and other learning differences. It includes practical strategies, useful websites and resources, as well as ways of recognising early on that your child or pupil has dyslexia. The authors, experienced dyslexia and learning differences consultants, highlight the importance of effective and positive communication between home and school, as well as with the child.
Assessment for Dyslexia and Learning Differences is the perfect pocket guide for busy professionals and parents, who will be able to read it one sitting or alternatively dip in and out of it as they please.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,14 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78450-911-8 (9781784509118)
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Gavin Reid | Jennie Guise
Assessment for Dyslexia and Learning Differences
A Concise Guide for Teachers and Parents
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06/2019
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Persons
Gavin Reid is an international consultant and psychologist with consultancies in Canada, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia. He lives in Edinburgh, UK and Vancouver, Canada.
Jennie Guise is a Practitioner Psychologist with extensive experience of assessing for dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties. She lives in Edinburgh, UK and also works in Europe and the Middle East.
Jennie Guise is a Practitioner Psychologist with extensive experience of assessing for dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties. She lives in Edinburgh, UK and also works in Europe and the Middle East.
Content
- Intro
- Assessment for Dyslexia and Learning Difficulties: A Concise Guide for Teachers and Parents by Gavin Reid and Jennie Guise
- Introduction
- About This Book
- 1. What Is Dyslexia?
- 2. Being Dyslexic
- 3. The Purpose of an Assessment
- 4. The Assessment Process
- 5. Assessment and Impact on Learning
- 6. Strategies and Resources
- 7. Assessment - Summary
- References
- Appendix 1: Tests Used in the Assessment of Dyslexia
- Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms
- Appendix 3: Useful Contacts
- Appendix 4: Interpreting an Assessment Report
- About the Authors
- Index
- Blank Page
