International Case Studies of Dyslexia

International Case Studies of Dyslexia
Author: Peggy L. Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2011-05-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136735925

Dyslexia is a disability that exists in all countries that have high expectations for literacy. The inability to read in spite of normal intellectual potential represents one of the most puzzling educational challenges for literate societies, regardless of the culture or language. This book examines medical, psychological, educational, and sociological data from comprehensive case studies of preteen dyslexic children, in order to profile the disability as it occurs in seventeen different nations. Interviews with the children and their parents reveal how children with dyslexia are identified and treated around the world, and provide a look at various perceptions of dyslexia and its challenges. Researchers and practitioners in education, psychology, and health-related professions will find this case book to be an excellent reference. Parents of children with dyslexia will find the advocacy recommendations helpful.

The Scars of Dyslexia

The Scars of Dyslexia
Author: Janice Edwards
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1994
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780304329441

Arising from in-depth interviews with eight dyslexic boys, aged 16 and 17, who had experienced education in non-specialist schools across England, this book provides an insight into the results of classroom methods, the attitudes of teachers and other pupils, and the lack of specialist help.

Help Them Learn with their Strengths:

Help Them Learn with their Strengths:
Author: M. Susan Grogan Ph.D.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2021-08-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1665536195

Students with Dyslexia already have unique skills and talents outside of reading, writing, and spelling. These skills and talents are similar to successful and famous CEOs, engineers, surgeons, artists, musicians, dancers, athletes, architects, and others with Dyslexia. Confirming this are the dyslexia assessments and interviews of eighty-eight school-age and adult students conducted by the author. She provides a description and explanation of the dyslexic brain and how people with dyslexia process print. Included is a detailed commentary about how educators have scrambled to learn about Dyslexia and how to help students. Dyslexia is detectable even before preschool, and the signs to watch for are listed. Interviews and assessments of the students with Dyslexia, ages six to college-age, illustrate their exceptional skills and talents as well as their needs. Although early detection and intense intervention by trained dyslexia educators are essential, teachers and parents can enhance school and home instruction. We can value and infuse these strengths and skills while they are learning and allow them to show what they know in ways other than paper and pencil. Permeating the Arts and STEAM with instruction engages brain-based learning. The end goal is to improve student success and confident self-image, not just for children and teens with Dyslexia but also for all students.

The Psychology of Dyslexia

The Psychology of Dyslexia
Author: Michael Thomson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2009-03-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 047074197X

The Psychology of Dyslexia: A Handbook for Teachers Second Edition is a superb introduction to the psychology of dyslexia for teachers. New edition of a popular title that introduces the psychology of dyslexia - the most widely diagnosed special need in education - to teachers, teaching assistants and SENCOs Introductory topics include the description and definition of dyslexia, classroom observations, the history of the concept and the current relationship of SEN policy to practice In-depth coverage includes psychometrics, assessment of dyslexia, neuro-psychology, cognitive psychology, phonological development, models of reading and spelling and new research findings Package includes a CD-ROM of real case studies of children with a range of dyslexic and accompanying difficulties Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Dyslexia

Dyslexia
Author: Zeina S. Hojeij
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2005
Genre: Dyslexia
ISBN:

This thesis presents the results of a case study that investigates the use of a variety of teaching methods, based on a multisensory approach, as part of the remediation program of dyslexic students in elementary English classes. In order to do this, a review of the literature surrounding the main concepts of disabilities has been carried out, in which the theory of learning disabilities is explained and then linked to dyslexia. Then, a discussion of the different teaching methods that are used in a dyslexic classroom is presented. A research pilot case study, which is presented in the form of a series of sessions, was undertaken. The pilot case study was based on the monitoring of elementary school children. Five students in the fourth grade participated in this study, which was conducted in the Learning Support Department of a school in the Metn, Lebanon. It was found after that seven sessions of instruction, the students (n=2) who were instructed following a multisensory approach, performed highesr in class than did the students (n=3) whose instruction did not include any multisensory work. Keeping in mind all the variables involved in this pilot case study, such as the relatively small number of students observed, and the time constraints, it was concluded that following a different methodology based on a multisensory approach to teaching dyslexic students proved to be more effective.

Four Times Harder

Four Times Harder
Author: Miranda Preston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 107
Release: 1996
Genre: Dyslexics
ISBN: 9781898149637

Dyslexia in Adolescence

Dyslexia in Adolescence
Author: Peggy L. Anderson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2017-03-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317242017

Dyslexia in Adolescence: Global Perspectives presents international case studies on the psychosocial development and academic progress of adolescents with dyslexia to enhance understanding of adjustment factors, outcomes and support. The continuation of a qualitative longitudinal research project that focused on children between ten and twelve years of age, this volume revisits them between ages fourteen and sixteen. Through semi-structured interviews, personal narratives, and other assessments, these case studies relate the trials and tribulations associated with the development of adolescents with dyslexia from around the world and the challenges that parents face in supporting their children.

International Case Studies of Dyslexia

International Case Studies of Dyslexia
Author: Peggy L. Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2011-05-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136735917

Dyslexia is a disability that exists in all countries that have high expectations for literacy. The inability to read in spite of normal intellectual potential represents one of the most puzzling educational challenges for literate societies, regardless of the culture or language. This book examines medical, psychological, educational, and sociological data from comprehensive case studies of preteen dyslexic children, in order to profile the disability as it occurs in seventeen different nations. Interviews with the children and their parents reveal how children with dyslexia are identified and treated around the world, and provide a look at various perceptions of dyslexia and its challenges. Researchers and practitioners in education, psychology, and health-related professions will find this case book to be an excellent reference. Parents of children with dyslexia will find the advocacy recommendations helpful.

Teaching Strategies for Neurodiversity and Dyslexia in Actor Training

Teaching Strategies for Neurodiversity and Dyslexia in Actor Training
Author: Petronilla Whitfield
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429858191

Teaching Strategies for Neurodiversity and Dyslexia in Actor Training addresses some of the challenges met by acting students with dyslexia and highlights the abilities demonstrated by individuals with specific learning differences in actor training. The book offers six tested teaching strategies, created from practical and theoretical research investigations with dyslexic acting students, using the methodologies of case study and action research. Utilizing Shakespeare’s text as a laboratory of practice and drawing directly from the voices and practical work of the dyslexic students themselves, the book explores: the stress caused by dyslexia and how the teacher might ameliorate it through changes in their practice the theories and discourse surrounding the label of dyslexia the visual, kinaesthetic, and multisensory processing preferences demonstrated by some acting students assessed as dyslexic acting approaches for engaging with Shakespeare’s language, enabling those with dyslexia to develop their authentic voice and abilities a grounding of the words and the meaning of the text through embodied cognition, spatial awareness, and epistemic tools Stanislavski’s method of units and actions and how it can benefit and obstruct the student with dyslexia when working on Shakespeare Interpretive Mnemonics as a memory support and hermeneutic process, and the use of color and drawing towards an autonomy in live performance This book is a valuable resource for voice and actor training, professional performance, and for those who are curious about emancipatory methods that support difference through humanistic teaching philosophies.