Music and Dyslexia: A Positive Approach

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Section I: Tackling Problems.

1. Dyslexia and other developmental Differences (Tim Miles)

2. Things that can go wrong (Tim Miles)

Section II: In and around the Classroom (Christine McRitchie Pratt)

4. Classroom Rhythm games for literacy support (Katie Overy)

5. Early Years: Deirdre Starts to Learn Piano (Olivia McCarth and Diana Ditchfield)

6. Winning Over the Reluctants (Christine McRitchie Pratt, Diana Ditchfield, Sheila Oglethorpe and John Westcombe)

7;. Can Music Lessons Help the Dyslexic Learner? (Sheila Oglethorpe)

8. Parallels Between the Teaching of Musical and Mathematical Notation (Tim Miles)

9. The Paper Work (Diana Ditchfield)

10. Sight-reading (Sheila Oglethorpe)

11. Sight-reading and Memory (Michael Lea)

12. Ten Top Tips and Thoughts (Nigel Clarke)

13. Can Computers Help? Matching the Inner with the Outer Ear (Adam Apostoli)

Section III: Strategies and Success.

14. Positive Connections Across the Generations (Annemarie Sand John Westcombe)

15. Similarities and Differences in the Dyslexic Voice (Paula Bishop-Liebler)

16. Thirty-seven Oboists (Carolyn King)

17. Suzuki Benefits for Children with Dyslexia (Jenny Macmillan)

18. Dyslexia: No Problem (Diana Ditchfield)

Section IV: Science takes Us Forward.

19. Insights from Brain Imaging (Katie Overy)

20. Music Reading: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach (Lauren Stewart)

Index.