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The Effective Teacher's Guide to Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties: Practical Strategies (New Directions in Special Educational Needs)
The Effective Teacher's Guide to Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties Practical Strategies - New Directions in Special Educational Needs Author:Michael Farrell Specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia affect at least one in ten children, causing poor performance in school and often leading to emotional problems and low self-esteem. These children need a high level of understanding, encouragement and support from their teacher in order to achieve their full potential in... more » an inclusive environment.
The Effective Teachers' Guide to Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties offers the ordinary classroom teacher practical advice, information and enlightenment that will help them to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and equip them with a range of strategies with which to tackle everyday classroom situations. This book expertly guides the reader through:
DT The legal and policy context
DT An explanation of terms and definitions
DT Interventions and rationale
DT Approaches related to different curriculum subjects
DT Provision for dyscalulia and acalculia Taking account of recent policy changes, and with an emphasis on what works in the classroom, this book will prove a practical, readable and invaluable resource for the busy practitioner.« less