This Book Doesn't Make Sense: Living and Learning with Dyslexia / Edition 1

by Jean Augur

Overview

As a parent and teacher Jean Augur learned to cope positively with dyslexia for over 20 years. This book records the stages in the development of the awareness of dyslexia both at home and in the classroom. It concludes by setting out the ways and means to help dyslexics to help themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781897635131
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/11/1996
Series:	Exc Business And Economy (Whurr) , #6
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.19(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Jean Augur is the author of This Book Doesn't Make Sense: Living and Learning with Dyslexia, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

The Measurement of Reading.

Reading Difficulties Explained.

The influence of Intelligence.

The Importance of Mental Age.

The Teaching of reading.

Dyslexia Examined.

The Dyslexic Child.

Asssessment of The Dyslexic child.

Possible Causes.

(i) The Brain and Vision, Possible Causes.

(ii) Phonemic awareness, Help for The Dyslexic, Advice for Parents.

Other Issues/questions.

Useful Information.

A Brief History of Dyslexia.

Editorial Reviews

The author, a teacher and a parent of three dyslexic children, offers strategies for helping dyslexic students in this handbook originally published in 1981 by Bath Educational Publishers. She relates her own family's struggles and achievements, and describes specific teaching methods for working around typical problems in dyslexic students' comprehension. Includes games and activities for teachers and parents working with dyslexic children, and a listing of useful addresses and teaching materials. Distributed by Singular. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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