Dyslexia in Higher Education - Anxiety and Coping Skills

Informationen zum Autor Amanda Abbott-Jones received her doctorate in education, focusing on dyslexia and anxiety, from University College London, UK. She has worked as a dyslexia support tutor for seven years at Independent Dyslexia Consultants London. Klappentext Learn about dyslexia's association with anxiety and coping from the viewpoint of dyslexic students, backed up by evidence and research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introductory chapter - Dyslexia in adult students; 2. Dyslexia, anxiety and social /emotional barriers in higher education; 3. Theories of anxiety and coping; 4. Identification of the prevalence of anxiety; 5. Effects of dyslexia and emotional responses to academic tasks; 6. Cognitive techniques to overcome barriers to learning; 7. Emotional techniques to overcome barriers to learning; 8. Theoretical insights on dyslexic anxiety and coping responses; 9. Concluding thoughts and moving forwards; 10. Appendix A: The survey; 11. Appendix B: Cognitive coping strategies used for each study task; 12. Appendix C: Study skills checklist; 13. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Amanda T. Abbott-Jones
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.2021
• EAN: 9781316517000
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51700-0
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Educational psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Teaching of dyslexic students