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 eBook file.

  Autorentext

  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.

  Zusammenfassung

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 eBook file.

  Inhalt

  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