For primary teachers who want help with dyslexic children in mainstream schools. Dyslexia specialists offer practical advice from their experience. This revised edition has two new chapters. Winning with Dyslexia. A Guide for Secondary Schools.
Every dyslexic student has different difficulties and needs.
This practical guide to secondary school life addresses the full range of issues, from building literacy to study skills and the use of computers. Increasingly, dyslexia is becoming a whole-school issue. The responsibility for addressing the needs of dyslexic students rests with all school staff, subject specialist, support staff and school management. In this timely publication, chapters contributed by practitioners across the curriculum provide specific guidance to secondary school staff on how to support dyslexic students within different subject areas and within the principles and practices of inclusion. Considerable progress has been made in identifying the causes of dyslexia and providing intervention.