Supporting Dyslexic Adults provides practical advice in supporting dyslexic adults in education and employment, and guidance on the latest research
* Provides an important overview of current research and practice in supporting dyslexic adults in education and employment, deftly combining academic understanding with everyday issues
* Contributors possess a wealth of practical experience in the field which provides an indispensible guide to the subject
* Case studies are included to capture the immediate experiences of dyslexic adults in education and at work to highlight prevalent issues
* Offers practical advice to adults with dyslexia, from how to disclose their particular needs to employers and colleagues to legal aspects of dyslexia support
* Highlights to employers the particular skills and strengths that dyslexic adults can bring to the workplace
Tabella dei contenuti
About the Contributors vii
Acknowledgements xi
1 Dyslexia in UK Higher Education and Employment: An
Introduction and Overview 1
Nicola Brunswick
Section 1 Supporting Dyslexic Adults in Higher Education
11
2 Socio-Emotional Aspects of Dyslexia: We’re all in
this Together 13
Ruth Gwernan-Jones
3 How Well Are Students with Specific Learning Difficulties
Prepared for Higher Education? A case study of a pre-1992
university 22
Vikki Anderson and Sue Onens
4 Screening for Specifi c Learning Diffi culties in Higher
Education 33
Sarah Nichols
5 The Complex Nature of Dyslexia Support in the Context of
Widening Participation 43
Vivien Fraser
6 Why Can’t I Learn? Metacognitive Strategy Instruction
51
Geraldine Price
7 Supporting Higher Education Students Who are Dyslexic 59
David Pollak
8 Dyslexia Support at the Royal College of Art: A Symbiotic
Relationship 74
Qona Rankin
9 Dyslexia, e Learning and e Skills 84
E.A. Draffan
10 Reading Comprehension in Adult Students with Dyslexia: Areas
of Weakness and Strategies for Support 91
Rob Fidler and John Everatt
11 Dyslexia Support at University and on Work Placement
101
Pauline Sumner
12 Preparing for Work: Dyslexic Undergraduates Making the
Transition into Employment 112
Fiona White, Richard Mendez and Rosanne Rieley
Section 2 Supporting Dyslexic Adults in the Workplace
123
13 Disclosing Dyslexia: An Exercise in Self-Advocacy 125
Alan Martin and David Mc Loughlin
14 Self-Disclosure in Adults with Learning Disabilities and
Dyslexia: Complexities and Considerations 136
Paul J. Gerber and Lynda A. Price
15 Dyslexia on the Defensive 149
Sylvia Moody
16 Achieving Success in the Workplace 157
Carol Leather and Bernadette Kirwan
17 The Knowledge and Skills Required by a Specialist Tutor
within the Field of Adult Support 167
Margaret Malpas
18 Dyslexia and Disability Discrimination: The Legal
Requirements 177
John Mackenzie
19 The Design and Development of the Sylexiad Typeface 185
Robert Hillier
20 Dyslexia and Creativity: Tapping the Creative Strengths of
Dyslexic People 197
Morag Kiziewicz
Index 207
Circa l’autore
Dr Nicola Brunswick is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University. She researches in the areas of reading and developmental dyslexia, and is author of A Beginner’s Guide to Dyslexia (2009) and Living with Dyslexia (2011), and the editor of The Dyslexia Handbook 2009/2010 (2009). She also co-edited Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies (with S. Mc Dougall & P. de Mornay Davies, 2010), and is a trustee of the British Dyslexia Association.
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