The Psychology of Dyslexia: A Handbook for Teachers Second Edition is a superb introduction to the psychology of dyslexia for teachers.
* New edition of a popular title that introduces the psychology of dyslexia – the most widely diagnosed special need in education – to teachers, teaching assistants and SENCOs
* Introductory topics include the description and definition of dyslexia, classroom observations, the history of the concept and the current relationship of SEN policy to practice
* In-depth coverage includes psychometrics, assessment of dyslexia, neuro-psychology, cognitive psychology, phonological development, models of reading and spelling and new research findings
* Package includes a CD-ROM of real case studies of children with a range of dyslexic and accompanying difficulties
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of e Book file.
Table of Content
Preface vii
Acknowledgements xiii
Chapter 1 The Nature of Dyslexia 1
Chapter 2 Basic Psychometrics and Assessment 25
Chapter 3 Assessing the Dyslexic Child 47
Chapter 4 Definition and Discrepancies 77
Chapter 5 Basic Neuropsychology 91
Chapter 6 Neuropsychology of Dyslexia 105
Chapter 7 Models of Reading and Spelling 137
Chapter 8 Models of Memory 165
Chapter 9 Phonological and Memory Deficits in Dyslexia 179
Chapter 10 The Social Psychology of Dyslexia 203
References 219
Index 231
About the author
Dr Michael Thomson is Principal of East Court, an internationally acclaimed specialist school for Dyslexia, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Applied Child Psychology at the University of Kent. He is also an executive editor of Dyslexia, the journal of the British Dyslexia Association, an Associate of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Educational Psychologist and a Fellow of the International Academy for Research into Learning Difficulties.
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