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All About Dyslexia is an accessible and informative guide for secondary school teachers, designed to increase their understanding of dyslexia and enhance their toolkit with practical, adaptable strategies to support learners with dyslexia and specific literacy difficulties in their setting.
List of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Voices of Dyslexia
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, Self-regulated Learning and Study Skills
5. Reading Across the Curriculum
6. Writing Across the Curriculum
7. Maths, Science and Dyslexia
8. Other Curricular Areas
9. Assistive Technology
PART 3: Whole School Approach
10. Exam Access Arrangements
11. The Learning Culture and Environment
12. Intervention
13. Transition
14. Collaboration with Parents
APPENDICES
1. How to Interpret a Diagnostic Report
2. Exam Access Arrangements: An Interview with Lia Castiglione
3. 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 author of
Morph Mastery: Morphological Intervention for Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary.
Summary
All About Dyslexia is an accessible and informative guide for secondary school teachers, designed to increase their understanding of dyslexia and enhance their toolkit with practical, adaptable strategies to support learners with dyslexia and specific literacy difficulties in their setting.
