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• Dyslexia, Speech and Language A Practitioner’s Handbook Second Edition
• Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Language skills and learning to read: the dyslexia spectrum
• Chapter 2 Speech and spelling difficulties: what to look for
• Chapter 3 The dyslexic brain
• Chapter 4 The prediction and screening of children’s reading difficulties
• Chapter 5 Assessing speech and language skills in the school-age child
• Chapter 6 Assessing reading and spelling skills
• Chapter 7 Assessing children’s reading comprehension
• Chapter 8 Short-term memory: assessment and intervention
• Chapter 9 Phonological awareness and reading intervention
• Chapter 10 Spelling: challenges and strategies for the dyslexic learner and the teacher
• Chapter 11 Developing handwriting skills
• Chapter 12 Managing the needs of pupils with dyslexia in mainstream classrooms
• Chapter 13 The assessment and management of psychosocial aspects of reading and language impairments
• Chapter 14 Supporting language and literacy in the early years: interdisciplinary training
• Chapter 15 Current themes and future directions
• References
• Author index
• Subject index