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All About Dyslexia is an accessible and informative guide for primary school teachers, designed to increase their understanding of dyslexia and enhance their toolkit with practical, adaptable strategies to support learners with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties in their setting.
List of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Hearing from the experts
PART 1: Introducing Dyslexia
1. Dyslexia: Context, myths and definitions
2. From a learner's perspective: How I do it differently
PART 2: Practical Strategies in the Classroom
3. Strategies across the curriculum
4. Metacognition and self-regulated learning
5. Spelling
6. Writing
7. Reading
8. Assistive technology
9. Maths
PART 3: Whole School Approach
10. Creating a dyslexia-friendly school culture
11. The dyslexia-friendly learning environment
12. Intervention
13. Transition
14. Collaboration with parents
APPENDICES
1. How to interpret a diagnostic report
2. Further resources
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Louise Selby is a dyslexia specialist trainer, consultant, author, assessor and teacher. She has 25 years' experience of working with SEND within Hertfordshire local authority in teaching, SENCO and advisory roles. She now works freelance, providing training and consultancy for schools as well as dyslexia assessment. Louise believes in partnership and collaboration and this is at the heart of all that she does. She is also the author of
Morph Mastery: Morphological Intervention for Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary.
Summary
All About Dyslexia is an accessible and informative guide for primary school teachers, designed to increase their understanding of dyslexia and enhance their toolkit with practical, adaptable strategies to support learners with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties in their setting.
