Expert guidance on the features of dyslexia and the most effective treatment options
Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention allows psychologists, graduate students, reading specialists, and others to quickly acquire the knowledge and skills needed to treat individuals struggling with dyslexia. This book provides step-by-step guidance on accurately identifying, assessing, and using evidence-based interventions with individuals with dyslexia. Addressing the components that need to be considered in the assessment of dyslexia—both cognitive and academic—this book includes descriptions of the various tests used in a comprehensive dyslexia assessment along with detailed, evidence-based interventions that professionals and parents can use to help individuals struggling with dyslexia.
A part of the trusted Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book features concise chapters designed to facilitate retention of key concepts with callout boxes, bullet points, and extensive illustrations. Additionally, the chapters contain questions to test your knowledge and reinforce what you have learned. This updated second edition covers essential topics for today’s professionals, including genetic factors, reading instruction, technology, and dyslexia in schools.
- Gain an understanding of the neurological and genetic causes and risk factors of dyslexia
- Assess reading fluency, phonological awareness, and other markers of dyslexia
- Discover the latest interventions for improving reading and spelling in individuals with dyslexia
- Learn to pick up on cues that help with early identification and treatment of dyslexia
Providing an in-depth look at dyslexia, this straightforward book presents information that will prepare school psychologists, neuropsychologists, educational diagnosticians, special education teachers, as well as general education teachers, to recognize, assess, and provide effective treatment programs for dyslexia. The book is also a good resource for parents who are helping a child with dyslexia.
Table of Contents:
Series Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
One Understanding Dyslexia
Two A Brief History of Dyslexia
Three The Brain and Dyslexia
Deborah Schneider, Fumiko Hoeft, Nancy Mather, Barbara Wendling, Sally
Shaywitz*, and Bennett Shaywitz*
Four Genetics and the Environment
Deborah Schneider, Nancy Mather, and Barbara Wendling
Five Assessment of Cognitive and Linguistic Risk Factors
Six Assessment of Decoding, Encoding, and Reading Fluency
Seven Phonological Awareness and Early Reading and Spelling
Eight Orthography and Orthographic Mapping for Reading and Spelling
Nancy Redding, Nancy Mather, and Barb Wendling
Nine Teaching the Orthographic System by Integrating Morphology, Etymology, And Phoneme-Grapheme Relationships
Sue Scibetta Hegland
Ten Instruction in Basic Reading Skills and Spelling
Eleven Instruction in Reading Fluency
Twelve Technology Applications for Students with Dyslexia
Kathleen Puckett
Thirteen Dyslexia in Different Languages and English Language Learners
Martha Youman and Emily Mather
Fourteen Dyslexia in the Schools
Appendix A: Descriptions of Tests
Appendix B: Descriptions of Evidence-Based Programs
Appendix C: Mobile Apps and Websites to Support Reading and Writing Instruction
Elaine Cheesman
Glossary
References
Annotated Bibliography
About the Authors
Index
*The Shaywitzes contributed to this chapter in the first edition of the book.
About the Author :
Nancy Mather, PhD, is a professor emerita in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies at the University of Arizona. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of dyslexia. She is a co-author of the Tests of Dyslexia and the Woodcock-Johnson V.
Barbara J. Wendling, MA, is an author and consultant specializing in educational assessment and intervention with a focus on linking assessment to instruction. Barbara is a co-author of the Tests of Dyslexia and the Woodcock Interpretation and Instructional Interventions Program.
