Dyslexia : a practitioner's handbook / Gavin Reid.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining dyslexia -- Explaining dyslexia: the range of research -- Assessment: issues and considerations -- Identifying needs -- Assessment: approaches and resources -- Reading-social, cultural and government perspectives -- The acquisitions of literacy -- Reading models and methods -- The acquisition of literacy: spelling -- Expressive writing -- Teaching approaches: points to consider -- Supporting literacy: individualised programmes -- Supporting literacy: approaches and strategies -- Supporting learning -- Inclusion: curriculum access -- Inclusion in secondary education: accessing the curriculum -- Inclusion: further and higher education and the workplace -- The role of parents -- Multilingualism: challenges and responses -- The overlap-dyslexia: attention, coordination, auditory processing and numeracy -- The use of computers and technology -- Positive dyslexia.