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Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School Lindsay Peer

Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School By Lindsay Peer

Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School by Lindsay Peer


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Summary

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.

Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School Summary

Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School by Lindsay Peer

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.

About Lindsay Peer

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.

Table of Contents

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. Part 2 Inclusion - principles and practices: inclusion - the challenges, changing the variables; inclusion and equal opportunities. Part 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. Part 4 Cross-curricular aspects: dyslexia across the curriculum; cross-curricular approaches to staff development in secondary schools. Part 5 Professional perspectives: assessment and support in the secondary school - an educational psychologist's view; the careers service; dyslexia and the law; implications for teachers.

Additional information

GOR004385161
9781853467424
1853467421
Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School by Lindsay Peer
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2001-05-04
288
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