This Is Dyslexia

This Is Dyslexia
Author: Kate Griggs
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2021-10-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 152919184X

The future needs Dyslexic Thinking! British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity Made By Dyslexia, Kate Griggs has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004. Having been surrounded by an extraordinary 'smorgasbord of Dyslexic Thinking' her whole life, Griggs knows the superpower of dyslexia all too well. With a forward from Sir Richard Branson, This is Dyslexia covers everything you need to understand, value and support Dyslexic Thinking. From offering practical advice on how to support the dyslexics in your life to breaking down the 6 Dyslexic Thinking skills in adults, Griggs shares her knowledge in an easily digestible guide. This is Dyslexia redefines and reshapes what it means to be dyslexic. It explores how it has shaped our past and how harnessing its powers and strengths is vital to our future.

What is Dyslexia?

What is Dyslexia?
Author: Alan M. Hultquist
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1843108828

"Printed digitally since 2010"--T.p. verso.

My Dyslexia

My Dyslexia
Author: Philip Schultz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2011-09-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0393083500

“A success story . . . proof that one can rise above the disease and defy its so-called limitations on the brain.”—Daily Beast Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the "dummy class" in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia, did Schultz realize that he suffered from the same condition. In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven went on to become a prize-winning poet by sheer force of determination. His balancing act—life as a member of a family with not one but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writer—reveals an inspiring story of the strengths of the human mind.

Beat Dyslexia

Beat Dyslexia
Author: Elizabeth Franks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2007
Genre: Dyslexic children
ISBN: 9781855034181

Intended to support those students struggling to read, write or spell, this book presents a comprehensive programme that helps to develop literacy skills by combining successful phonological approaches with the very best of conventional, multi-sensory and structured teaching methods.

This Is Dyslexia

This Is Dyslexia
Author: Kate Griggs
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2024-10-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1529953707

The future needs Dyslexic Thinking! British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity Made By Dyslexia, Kate Griggs has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004. Having been surrounded by an extraordinary 'smorgasbord of Dyslexic Thinking' her whole life, Griggs knows the superpower of dyslexia all too well. Revised and updated, with new research and a forward from Sir Richard Branson, This is Dyslexia covers everything you need to understand, value and support Dyslexic Thinking. From offering practical advice on how to support the dyslexics in your life to breaking down the 6 Dyslexic Thinking skills in adults, Griggs shares her knowledge in an easily digestible guide. This is Dyslexia redefines and reshapes what it means to be dyslexic. It explores how it has shaped our past and how harnessing its powers and strengths is vital to our future.

Parents on Dyslexia

Parents on Dyslexia
Author: Saskia van der Stoel
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1990
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781853590764

Dyslexic people tell in their own words what it means to have reading and spelling problems. The problems are mapped out taking parents' and children's everyday experiences as the starting point. Questions covered include: What actualy is dyslexia? How can you recognize it early? Must your child go to a special school? What as a parent can you do about it? Each chapter includes supporting information and comments from specialists.

Dyslexia

Dyslexia
Author: Gavin Reid
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2011-06-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0470973749

The new edition of Dyslexia is written for parents of dyslexic children and the professionals who work with them, and provides information on the role parents can play in supporting their dyslexic child. This updated edition contains new material and up-to-date discussions of current research and programs. Empowers parents by providing them with strategies for dealing with a wide range of concerns including dyspraxia and dyscalculia New sections cover post-school issues, the emotional needs of young people with dyslexia and information on how parents can help at home Features information on some of the more popular interventions for dyslexia, and critical evaluations of ‘alternative treatments’ Includes first–hand accounts of parents’ hopes, successes and setbacks, and extensive lists of organizations and resources

Dyslexia in Higher Education

Dyslexia in Higher Education
Author: Amanda T. Abbott-Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2021-11-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1316517004

Learn about dyslexia's association with anxiety and coping from the viewpoint of dyslexic students, backed up by evidence and research.

Dyslexia

Dyslexia
Author: Julian Elliott
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2016-05-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1474233732

Dyslexia is often presented as a clearly delineated condition that can be diagnosed on the basis of appropriate cognitive tests with corresponding forms on intervention. However, this approachable text explores the issues behind this assertion in bringing together leading figures in the field to debate dyslexia. Julian Elliott shows that understandings and usage of the dyslexia label vary substantially with little consensus or agreement and in putting forward his critique draws upon research in several disciplinary fields to demonstrate the irrationality of these arguments. Roderick I. Nicolson demonstrates that current approaches to understanding, identification and support of dyslexia are catastrophically flawed in terms of their failure to consider the developmental nature of dyslexia. He develops two themes: first that the underlying cause of dyslexia is 'delayed neural commitment' for skills and neural circuits, and second that the cause of the reading disability is the introduction of formal instruction before the dyslexic child's neural circuits for executive function are sufficiently developed. He argues that a more effective and cost-effective approach to identification and support involves 'assessment for dyslexia' rather than 'of dyslexia'. Elliott and Nicolson respond to the points each other raise before Andrew Davis investigates how far the key claims of Elliott and Nicolson can withstand close conceptual investigation, and explores the inherent limitations of scientific research on this topic, given the value and conceptual issues concerned.