100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with Dyslexia

by Gavin Reid, Shannon Green

Overview

This useful, resourceful and practical guide provides those working with dyslexic children one hundred ideas of how to support their learning development. Lists range from identifying the needs of individual pupils and their learning styles to developing pupils reading, writing, numeric and communication skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441149121
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/14/2007
Series:	Continuum One Hundreds
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

A teacher and university lecturer for many years, Dr Gavin Reid is an Educational Psychologist in Vancouver, Canada, a consultant with the Center for Child Evaluation and Teaching (CCET) in Kuwait, and a Director of the Red Rose School for Children with Dyslexia in Lancashire, UK. He is a prolific author, international consultant and trainer and has held seminars on effective learning in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Gavin is co-author of 100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with Dyslexia, also published by Continuum.
Dr Gavin Reid is an international Educational Psychologist with over 25 years' experience in assessment and in the field of dyslexia. Previously a classroom teacher and university lecturer, he has written a number of Masters courses on dyslexia, including modules on assessment. He is widely published in the field of dyslexia and learning, and currently lectures worldwide. He has regular assessment consultancies in seven countries. Dr Reid is Chair of the British Dyslexia Association, and has sat on government panels on assessment and dyslexia. He feels there is a real need for a practical book such as this, and he and Dr Guise welcome the opportunity to produce this book.
Shannon Green works full-time in learning support and is dedicated to supporting students achieve their academic potential. She also continues to teach online courses on dyslexia.

Table of Contents

1. Teaching strategies
2. Reading and comprehension
3. Spelling
4. Creative writing
5. Learning strategies
6. Planning for learning
7. Memory
8. Getting the teaching right
9. Number work and mathematics
10. Dyslexia across the curriculum