The SAGE Handbook of Dyslexia

Edited by:

Gavin Reid - Educational Psychologist
Angela Fawcett - Swansea University, UK
Frank Manis - University of Southern California, USA
Linda Siegel - University of British Columbia, Canada

Other Titles in:
Assessment & Testing in Special Education | Education | Specific Learning Difficulties

December 2008 | 528 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

The SAGE Handbook of Dyslexia is a comprehensive overview of a complex field. It is a rich, critical assessment of past and present theory and current research, which also looks to the future. The editors have brought together key figures from the international academic world - both researchers and practitioners - to examine the relationships between theoretical paradigms, research and practice, and to map new areas of research.

The book has 5 main sections:

- neurological/genetic perspectives

- cognitive and learning perspectives

- educational influences

- beyond school

- international perspectives.

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Introduction

PART ONE: NEUROLOGICAL/ GENETIC PERSPECTIVES

Zvia Breznitz

The Origin of Dyslexia: The Asynchrony Phenomenon

Jeffrey W Gilger

Some Special Issues Concerning the Genetics of Dyslexia: Revisiting Multivariate Profiles, Comorbidities, and Genetic Correlations

John Stein

The Neurological Basis Of Dyslexia

Angela J Fawcett and Roderick I Nicolson

Dyslexia and the Cerebellum

Dennis L Molfese et al

Familial Predictors of Dyslexia: Evidence from Preschool Children with and Without Familial Dyslexia Risk

Heikki Lyytinen et al

Early Identification and Prevention of Dyslexia: Results from a Prospective Follow-up Study of Children at Familial Risk for Dyslexia

PART TWO: COGNITIVE AND LEARNING PERSPECTIVES

Frank Manis and Caroline E Bailey

Exploring Heterogeneity in Developmental Dyslexia: A Longitudinal Investigation

Richard K Wagner

Rediscovering Dyslexia: New Approaches for Identification and Classification

Roderick I Nicolson and Angela J Fawcett

Learning, Cognition and Dyslexia

S Helene Deacon, Rauno Parrila and John R Kirby

A Review of the Evidence on Morphological Processing in Dyslexics and Poor Readers: A Strength or Weakness?

PART THREE: EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCES

William E Tunmer and Keith T Greaney

Reading Intervention Research: An Integrative Framework

R Malatesha Joshi and PG Aaron

Assessment of Literacy Performance Based on the Componential Model of Reading

Linda S Siegel and Orly Lipka

The Definition of Learning Disabilities: Who Is the Individual with Learning Disabilities?

Diane J Sawyer and Stuart Bernstein

Students with Phonological Dyslexia in School-Based Programs: Insights from Tennessee Schools

Patricia F Vadasy and Elizabeth A Sanders

Individual Tutoring for Struggling Readers: Moving Research to Scale with Interventions Implemented by Paraeducators

Mary Coffield et al

Dyslexia Friendly Primary Schools: What Can We Learn from Asking the Pupils?

Gavin Reid and Iva Strnadova

Dyslexia and Learning Styles: Overcoming the Barriers to Learning

Moira Thomson

Dyslexia and Inclusion in the Secondary School - Cross Curricular Perspectives

Robert Burden

Dyslexia and Self-Concept: A Review of Past

Gavin Reid, Shannon Green and Corey Zylstra

Role of Parents

PART FOUR: DYSLEXIA AND DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

John Everett and Gad Elbeheri

Dyslexia in Different Orthographies: Variability in Transparency

Michael Dal

Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning

PART FIVE: BEYOND SCHOOL

Lynda A Price and Paul J Gerber

Adults with Learning Disabilities and Self-Disclosure in Higher Education and Beyond

Gavin Reid, Fil Came and Lynda A Price

Dyslexia: Workplace Issues

'This handbook has been produced to provide the most relevant and recent studies, debates and practices in the field of dyslexia and it includes information from the cutting edge of both research and practice...The style of each chapter varies according to its author; however the overall tone of the book is straightforward and accessible to the non-academic...This is an invaluable book for specialists working in the field of dyslexia and for students working towards specialist qualifications' -
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