3rd Edition
Dyslexia and Inclusion Classroom Approaches for Assessment, Teaching and Learning
Now in a fully updated third edition, this book will equip all teachers with the necessary knowledge of dyslexia in order for it to be effectively understood and managed in the mainstream classroom. Offering comprehensive guidance and support strategies, this resource is based around Reid’s signposts for successful inclusion: acknowledging differences; recognising strengths; understanding what is meant by inclusion; planning for practice; and ensuring attainable task outcomes. In identifying the key issues of inclusive practice, the book supports teachers as they strive to fulfil the social, educational and emotional needs of children with dyslexia.
Key features of the new edition include:
- Up-to-date references to current research and legislation
- New sections on evidence-based teaching strategies, developing independent learning and communication with parents
- Detailed information on wider reading and additional resources, including websites, apps and software available to support learners with dyslexia
With practical strategies and resources designed to meet the needs of the busy classroom teacher, this book is crucial reading for educators and education students looking to help students with dyslexia reach their full potential.
Introduction
1 Dyslexia and inclusion
Introduction
Dyslexia and inclusion
Dyslexia
Identifying needs and labelling
Core difficulties
Definitions
Policy and reports
Rights
2 Dyslexia and inclusion: Perspectives and research
Research and implications for practice
Characteristics of dyslexia
The core difficulties: educational performance
The role of the environment
The role of the label
Dyslexia as a difference
Inclusion
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
3 Five signposts for successful inclusion
Introduction
1. Acknowledge the differences
2. Recognise and acknowledge the strengths: positive dyslexia
3. Defining inclusion
4. Planning for practice
5. Attainable outcomes
Comment
4 Inclusion and intervention
Intervention: reading
Intervention approaches
Reading: some key points
Reading comprehension
Writing
Creative writing
Memory
Connections
Maths
Music
Resources
Summary: inclusion-friendly approaches
5 Curriculum access: Identifying needs
Factors to consider for curriculum access
The student’s learning profile
Identifying the learner’s profile
Identifying needs
Assessment through problem solving
Attainments
Formative assessment in an inclusive school
Assessment and intervention
Barriers to learning
Effective learning
6 Curriculum access: Classroom approaches
Curriculum access: the learning context
Learning environment
Learning preferences/styles
Inclusion-friendly schools
Inclusion-friendly approaches to teaching learners with dyslexia
Self-esteem
Curriculum access: learning strategies
Motivation and effective learning
Using technology in the classroom
How dyslexia affects children’s learning
How the teacher and the school can help
Further strategies for curriculum access
Summary
7 Curriculum access: Differentiation
Information processing: strategies for support
Output: presentation
Differentiation in practice
Differentiation: task and resources
Presentation of material
Differentiation using multi-sensory teaching: some points
Differentiation by outcome
Differentiation through support
Differentiation: content, process and product
Metacognitive assessment
Subject differentiation
Key issues
Summary
8 Successful inclusion
1. The learner
2. Teacher
3. Interventions
4. The curriculum
5. Management/school/home
Comment
9 Resources and summing up
Dyslexia and inclusion
Inclusion
Flexibility
The need for training
Further information and contacts
References
Index
Biography
Gavin Reid is an international practitioner psychologist, consultant and author. He was a classroom teacher and university lecturer and has written over 30 books in the field of dyslexia and learning. His books have been translated into seven languages. He currently lectures worldwide, and has regular international consultancies. Dr Reid is Chair of the British Dyslexia Association Accreditation Board. He has sat on government panels on assessment and dyslexia, and has been engaged in a number of United Nations-funded projects as a learning difficulties expert on assessment and practice for dyslexia. He carries out assessments in the UK, Middle East and Canada.
"This is an impressive text that manages to combine the best of academic and practical information for the reader. The style is accessible and guides the reader through the overwhelming maze of information." - SEN Magazine