Increasingly dyslexia is becoming a whole-school issue. The responsibility for addressing the needs of dyslexic students no longer rests with one individual but is the responsibility of all school staff - subject specialists and school management. This timely book addresses this need by providing specific guidance to secondary school staff on how to support dyslexic students within different subject areas and within the principles and practices of inclusion.
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This volume provides specific guidance to secondary-school staff on how to support dyslexic students within different subject areas and within the principles and practices of inclusion.
Part 1: Dyslexia - Implication for secondary schools: Dyslexia and its manifestations in the Secondary School; Biological and Cognitive Dimension of Dyslexia - Current scientific thinking; The Dyslexia Friendly Secondary School. Section 2: Inclusion - Principles and Practices: Inclusion - the challenges; Inclusion - Changing the variables; Inclusion and equal opportunities. Section 3: The Subject of Success: Learning styles and mathematics; Dyslexia and the teaching of Modern Foreign Languages; Implications for the Humanities - Dyslexia in the History Classroom; Implications for the Sciences; Supporting students with Dyslexia in the Maths Classroom; Dyslexia and Music; Dyslexia in the Art Classroom; Dyslexia with Geography, Drama and PE. Section 4: Cross Curricular Aspects: Dyslexia across the Curriculum; Cross Curricular approaches to staff development in secondary schools. Section 5: Professional Perspectives: Assessment and Support in the Secondary School - An Educational Psychologist's View; The Careers Service; Dyslexia and the Law; Implications for Teacher ; References; Index.
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Product details

ISBN
9781853467424
Published
2001-05-04
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
270 gr
Height
254 mm
Width
178 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
288

Biographical note

Lindsay Peer is Education Director of the British Dyslexia Association and Gavin Reid is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Equity Studies and Special Education at the University of Edinburgh.