Dyslexia : a practitioner's handbook / Gavin Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Gavin, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dyslexic children--Education--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dyslexic children.

Dyslexic children--Ability testing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Curriculum planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Curriculum planning.

Ability--Testing.

Dyslexic children--Education.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xviii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2003]

Summary:

This new edition of an extremely successful practitioner's handbook incorporates the many changes in the definition and assessment of dyslexia and in educational policy (including some new legislation) that have taken place since the second edition was published in 1998.

Completely revised and updated throughout, there are also new chapters covering learning styles, secondary school aspects, and dyslexia throughout the lifespan. Covers recent reports and legislation teachers and policy makers need to know about Provides practical material on instruction and teaching Written by an internationally well-known author Praise for the Second Edition:

,,"."I found the handbook practical, readable, concise and an invaluable resource." "Frederika Ritherdon, Principal SEN Officer, Bolton LEA

""Your books are in hot demand from the library."" Angie Silbery Shoji, CEO, Specific Learning Disabilities Association, New Zealand

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-408) and index.

ISBN:

0470848510

0470848529

OCLC:

51216351