Dyslexia, Speech and Language: A Practitioner's Handbook, 2nd Edition

Preface to the First Edition.

Contributors.

Chapter 1: Language skills and learning to read: the dyslexia spectrum (Margaret J. Snowling).

Chapter 2: Speech and spelling difficulties: what to look for (Joy Stackhouse).

Chapter 3: The dyslexic brain (W.A. Lishman).

Chapter 4: The prediction and screening of children’s reading difficulties (Valerie Muter).

Chapter 5: Assessing speech and language skills in the school-age child (Hilary Gardner).

Chapter 6: Assessing reading and spelling skills (Nata K. Goulandris).

Chapter 7: Assessing children’s reading comprehension (Kate Nation).

Chapter 8: Short-term memory: assessment and intervention (Maggie Vance and Jane E. Mitchell).

Chapter 9: Phonological awareness and reading intervention (Peter J. Hatcher).

Chapter 10: Spelling: challenges and strategies for the dyslexic learner and the teacher (Claire Jamieson and Sarah Simpson).

Chapter 11: Developing handwriting skills (Jane Taylor).

Chapter 12: Managing the needs of pupils with dyslexia in mainstream classrooms (Janet Hatcher).

Chapter 13: The assessment and management of psychosocial aspects of reading and language impairments (Poppy Nash).

Chapter 14: Supporting language and literacy in the early years: interdisciplinary training (Jannet A. Wright and Janet Wood).

Chapter 15: Current themes and future directions (Maggie Snowling and Joy Stackhouse).

References.

Author index.

Subject index.