Nancy Mather & Barbara J. Wendling 
Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention [PDF ebook] 

Series Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
One: Understanding Dyslexia 1
Two: A Brief History of Dyslexia 19
Three: The Brain and Dyslexia 43
Nancy Mather, Barbara Wendling, Martha Youman, Sally Shaywitz ,
and Bennett Shaywitz
Four: Genetics and the Environment 61
Five: Assessment of the Cognitive and Linguistic Correlates of
Dyslexia 77
Six: Assessment of Decoding, Encoding, and Reading Fluency
105
Seven: Instruction in Phonological Awareness: Early
Reading/Spelling Skills 135
Eight: Instruction in Basic Reading and Spelling Skills 147
Nine: Instruction in Reading Fluency 179
Ten: Technology Applications for Students With Dyslexia
199
Kathleen Puckett and Blanche O’Bannon
Eleven: Dyslexia in Diff erent Languages and English Language
Learners 223
Martha Youman
Twelve: Dyslexia in the Schools 241
Appendix: Descriptions of Evidence-Based Programs 261
Glossary 323
References 333
Annotated Bibliography 365
About the Authors 369
Index 371

Nancy Mather, Ph D, is a Professor at the University of
Arizona in the Department Disability and Psychoeducational Studies.
She specializes in the areas of assessment, reading, writing, and
learning disabilities. She has served as a learning disabilities
teacher, a diagnostician, a university professor, and an
educational consultant. She has published numerous articles and
books and conducts workshops on assessment and instruction
nationwide. She is a co-author of the Woodcock-Johnson III and has
co-authored two books on interpretation and application of the WJ
III.
Barbara J. Wendling, MA, is the Education Director for
the Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation. In addition, she conducts
training workshops nationwide on topics related to assessment and
linking assessment to instruction. Barbara has served as a general
education teacher, a learning disabilities specialist, a product
manager for a test publishing company, and an educational
consultant. She has a number of publications related to assessment
and instruction and is a co-author of the Woodcock Interpretation
and Instructional Interventions Program.
Both authors have coauthored numerous Essentials volumes,
and cowrote together the Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic
Interventions, one of the series’ best-selling titles.