Identifying and Supporting Children with Specific Learning Difficulties : Looking Beyond the Label to Support the Whole Child

ISBN-13: 9780415314954 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 111 str.

Christine Macintyre; Pamela Deponio

Opis

Some children have a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia or dyspraxia, but others can display learning difficulties associated with more than one specific condition. This title helps teachers identify children with specific learning difficulties and provide them with support.

Recenzje

' This is a book not to miss and it's refreshingly accessible. These authors don't just preach inclusion, they practise it.' - Times Educational Supplement

Spis treści

1. Raising the issues: an overview 2. Assessment: communication, investigation and speculation 3. Understanding co-occurrent difficulties: sensory perception and integration 4. Understanding co-occurrent difficulties: cognition, literacy and social communication 5. Understanding co-occurrent difficulties: movement fluency, confused laterality, rhythm and timing 6. Inclusive approaches for children with specific learning difficulties

O autorze

Dr Christine MacIntyre is a lecturer at the School of Education, University of Edinburgh.
Dr Pamela Doponio is also a lecturer in Special Needs at the University of Edinburgh.