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As many as one in four children experiences problems with reading. Dyslexia, the most common learning disability leads to well-documented negative effects on school and, ultimately, adult success. Therefore, it is critical that school professionals provide early and effective assessment and intervention.
Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Dyslexia at School equips practitioners with in-depth understanding of the disorder and a wealth of practical information for meeting student needs. This volume:
- Reviews up-to-date findings on dyslexia - causes, prevalence, and related conditions.
- Provides research-based tools for identifying and addressing dyslexia.
- Offers a detailed framework for case finding and screening, diagnostic and psychoeducational assessment as well as age- and grade-appropriate intervention.
- Explains the roles and responsibilities of school psychologists when it comes to identifying students with dyslexia.
- Focuses solely on dyslexia, unlike most other books on learning disabilities.
As the duties of school psychologists and related education professionals become more complex, recognizing and providing services for students with learning disorders has become progressively more demanding.
Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Dyslexia at School offers practitioners an accessible and easy-to-read reference that they will use for years to come.
List of contents
Causes.- Prevalence and Associated Conditions.- Case Finding and Screening.- Diagnostic Assessment.- Diagnostic Assessment.- Treatment.
About the author
John Davis is Chairman of Brand New View, a brand strategy firm. He also teaches at Singapore Management University. He has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences around the world and has been interviewed by media in both Asia and the United States for his views on branding and marketing strategy. He has spent more than 20 years in business as both an entrepreneur and marketing executive, having launched two award-winning companies and led marketing teams at Nike, Informix and Transamerica. He was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, earning his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Stanford University and his MBA from Columbia University.John, his wife Barbara, their 3 children, Katie, Chris and Bridget, and their dog 'Grinner' live in Singapore
Dr. Stephen E. Brock, NCSP, is a professor at California State University Sacramento. Previously, he worked for 18 years as a school psychologist with the Lodi Unified School District (the last six of which included assignments as Lead Psychologist). His professional preparation includes a Ph.D. at the University of California, Davis where he researched AD/HD, and was one of the first researchers to identify the reading comprehension deficits often found among students with AD/HD. Dr. Brock currently serves on the editorial boards of both state and national school psychology association newsletters and is an Associate Editor of The California School Psychologist (a peer peer-reviewed journal with the second largest distribution of school psychology journals in the United States). He is Past-President of the California Association of School Psychologists and a member of the National Association of School Psychologists Delegate Assembly and its Executive Counsel. Dr. Brock has authored over 140 publications (including four books) and has made over 65 referred or invited state/national conference presentations. In addition to AD/HD, his academic work has included study of school crisis response, suicide prevention, autism, behavioral interventions, violence prevention, threat assessment, child development, and reading comprehension.
Summary
As many as one in four children experiences problems with reading. Dyslexia, the most common learning disability leads to well-documented negative effects on school and, ultimately, adult success. Therefore, it is critical that school professionals provide early and effective assessment and intervention.
Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Dyslexia at School equips practitioners with in-depth understanding of the disorder and a wealth of practical information for meeting student needs. This volume:
- Reviews up-to-date findings on dyslexia – causes, prevalence, and related conditions.
- Provides research-based tools for identifying and addressing dyslexia.
- Offers a detailed framework for case finding and screening, diagnostic and psychoeducational assessment as well as age- and grade-appropriate intervention.
- Explains the roles and responsibilities of school psychologists when it comes to identifying students with dyslexia.
- Focuses solely on dyslexia, unlike most other books on learning disabilities.
As the duties of school psychologists and related education professionals become more complex, recognizing and providing services for students with learning disorders has become progressively more demanding.
Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Dyslexia at School offers practitioners an accessible and easy-to-read reference that they will use for years to come.
