DYSLEXIA TEACHERS' BOOKS

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REMOVING DYSLEXIA AS A BARRIER TO ACHIEVEMENT

The Dyslexia Friendly Schools Toolkit   
  by Neil Mackay (3rd Edition)

A  thought provoking and detailed look at the potential to create dyslexia friendly learning environments in the classroom, full of practical guidance, empowering ideas and challenging assertions about inclusion.

"The toolkit... presents many strategies for meeting diverse learning needs, and methods for overcoming barriers to learning. These are clearly rooted in good practice and based on a wealth of relevant experience that the author has deftly woven into the narrative."    Prof. Susan Tresnan, British Dyslexia Association.

Contents:

Dyslexia - difficulty or difference       Understanding Dyslexia - removing the barriers.       Creating the feel-good factor

Spelling with a specific difference       Learning styles and preferences - harnessing learning differences

Learning styles and comfort zones - working from inside out      Dyslexia friendly means inclusion friendly - meeting diverse needs in mainstream settings        

Dyslexia and revision - learning how to learn           Maths as a specific learning difference

Dyslexia and EAL - mind friendly solutions         The toolkit for the dyslexia friendly classroom

Responding to individual needs through classroom action           The dyslexia friendly classroom in the dyslexia friendly school

Putting it all together - the opportunity to balance the cost.

Neil Mackay is well known in the UK as an independent education consultant in Dyslexia and other SEN issues, who previously worked as  Senior Teacher and SENCO in a large comprehensive school in North Wales. Neil originated the phrase and concept of Dyslexia Friendly Schools, and works as a consultant to the BDA's "Dyslexia Friendly Schools" initiative, delivering training to schools and FE colleges on behalf of LEAs across the UK to develop inclusive practice for pupils with dyslexia and other SEN needs, with particular reference to harnessing the power of children's multiple intelligences.

PRICE £25.00

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TEACHING THE BRAIN TO READ
By Dr. Duncan Milne

How does the brain learn to read?
What are the best techniques to teach the reading brain?
Why do some brains have problems learning to read?

A  fascinating study by a neuropsychologist on the mental processes of literacy acquisition, written in accessible language and supported by diagrams and other illustrations, this book will inform professionals and parents alike, and will challenge many academics with its strongly put case for a balanced approach to teaching reading.

Decoding and encoding      Auditory and Visual modules of the brain    Direct recall      Upper and lower circuits   Synthetic phonics    Analytic phonics     Phonics and whole language    Developmental Dyslexia     Neurological diversity   Patterns of Reading etc.

Duncan Milne  completed a PhD in Education and Psychology at the University of Aukland, New Zealand. His research has been published in leading scientific journals including Neuropsychology, Brain and Language, and Neurocase. He is also a director of BESA and an accomplished international speaker on reading acquisition.

PRICE £12.95

 

 

THE SPELLING RULEBOOK With over 170 pages giving all the linguistic rules and phonic principles of English spelling, The Spelling Rulebook includes generalisations for the phonic spelling of sounds and words, syllable division, rules of affixing and plural rules. Where there are known exceptions these are listed. The book is particularly valuable in teaching those who have auditory and visual processing difficulties. PRICE £12.00 Quantity :

 

CAP IT ALL A practical manual for assessing individual needs  by Fil Came & Gavin Reid       Pinpoints problems       Probes for specific areas of weakness      Points to solutions CAP It All! is crammed with practical advice, information and photocopiable resources to help assess the learning needs of pupils causing concern.                               CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD SAMPLE PAGES                                                              ORDER now "A book for everyone's departmental bookshelf, appropriate for all no matter what key stage you teach." Ruth Newbury Special Needs Practitioner, Speaker and Writer   CAP It All! main features: over 240 pages of practical advice and resources jargon free provides a balanced view of pupil's strengths and weaknesses promotes early and positive intervention integrates with the Common Assessment Framework facilitates team work and problem-solving "An inspired collection of materials for dynamic assessment."  Rachel Copeland, SENCo Baroness Mary Warnock: "The great utility of this book is that it is a tool-kit, and one that all teachers can use, not only those with training in teaching children with special needs. It points with precision to the assessments that must be made of the children who seem to be struggling; it suggests from whom further support may have to be sought." Contents: Section 1: There is a concern Section 2: Formal Assessment Section 3: Informal Assessment Section 4: Assessing Literacy Skills Section 5: Assessing Numeracy Skills Section 6: Monitoring Behaviour Section 7: Pupil Self-assessment Section 8: Planning to Make a Difference Section 9: Websites, Resources and Reads Section 10: Directory of UK support Groups What others have said about the manual: "The CAP has all those little bits of paper gathered together in one place and easy to access: fantastic! I am going take it to the next meeting of the Cambridge SENCOs for our "show and tell session.     Louise Graham, SENCO "More than a thumb's up! I think it is excellent and I am going to promote the courses where I am an external examiner."   Dr. G. A. Price, School of Education, University of Southampton "Just a quick note about Cap It All. Since I bought it some months ago it has saved me lots of time and has been so useful when I have been supporting other staff."   Hazel Chant, SENCO £35.00 Quantity :