Adult Dyslexia: Assessment, Counselling and Training / Edition 1

by David McLoughlin, Gary Fitzgibbon, Vivienne Young

Overview

This book focuses on dyslexia in adulthood and describes the nature of the difficulties experienced by dyslexics in their personal, working and social lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781897635353
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/13/2008
Series:	Exc Business And Economy (Whurr) , #44
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

David McLoughlin is a Visiting Professor in Psychology at the University of Buckingham. He is Director of Independent Dyslexia Consultants, a UK organisation which has worked with dyslexic adults and children for 25 years.

Carol A. Leather is training director at Independent Dyslexia Consultants and a researcher at Surrey University. She has been instrumental in developing strategic approaches to support dyslexic employees in sectors including the emergency services, banking and the civil service. Together, David and Carol edited the 2010 edition of the British Dyslexia Association's prestigious Dyslexia in Employment Handbook.

Table of Contents

Identification of The Adult Dyslexic.

Formal Diagnosis.

Counselling the Dyslexic Adult.

Dealing With Dyslexia - Strategies and Solutions.

The dyslexic at Work.

Career Guidance.

Appendices.

Sample Report.

Useful addresses.