Dyslexia: From Theory to Intervention

Dyslexia research has been proceeding by quantum leaps. Great advances have been made in the past few years, and while many unanswered questions remain, we nonetheless do know a great deal about the causes and nature of the condition, and how teachers should treat it. This book, by two of Europe's leading experts, gathers together a vast amount of recent international research on the causes and remediation of dyslexia, and presents a cognitive model of the normal reading process and a process-analytic diagnostic model. Much of this material appears in English for the first time.

Autorentext

Torleiv Høien is a professor and the Director of the Norwegian Dyslexia Foundation. Books that he has co-authored together with Ingvar Lundberg have been standard textbooks throughout the Nordic countries, and their articles have appeared in leading international journals. Ingvar Lundberg is a professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Books that he has co-authored together with Torleiv Høien have been standard textbooks throughout the Nordic countries, and their articles have appeared in leading international journals.

Inhalt

1. What is Dyslexia?.- The problem of definition.- 2. Decoding Difficulties A Major Symptom of Dyslexia.- 3. Spelling Difficulty: A Major Symptom of Dyslexia.- 4. Dyslexia and Phonology.- 5. Dyslexia and Reading Comprehension.- 6. The Biological Basis of Dyslexia.- 7. Assessment and Diagnosing.- 8. Remediation.- References.- Author Index.