The Psychology of Dyslexia

The Psychology of Dyslexia by Michael Thomson

The Psychology of Dyslexia is an introductory text for teachers undertaking a training course on Dyslexia. The book is based on Mike Thompson's lecture course to the Dyslexia Institute's Postgraduate Diploma in Dyslexia and Literacy. Although primarily for teachers the book will be of interest to other professionals, such as Speech Therapists, who are undertaking a course on dyslexia, as well as parents of dyslexic children. The book covers the basic psychology of, for example, memory, neuro-psychology and reading development, followed by these topics application to Dyslexia. Dr Thompson is a Chartered Psychologist as well as Principal of East Court, a school for dyslexic children, and the book provides the background to the assessment of dyslexia as well as to theoretical topics. There is a guide to further reading at the end of every chapter. Contents: The Nature of Dyslexia Basic Psychometrics and Assessment Assessing the Dyslexic Definition and Discrepancies Basic Neuro-psychology Neuro-psychology of Dyslexia Models of Reading and Spelling Models of Memory Phonological and Memory Deficits in Dyslexia

Dr Michael Thomson is Principal of East Court, an internationally acclaimed specialist school for dyslexia, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Applied Child Psychology at the University of Kent. He is also an executive editor of Dyslexia, the journal of the British Dyslexia Association, an Associate of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Educational Psychologist and a Fellow of the International Academy for Research into Learning Difficulties.

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ISBN 13	9781861562487
ISBN 10	1861562489
Title	The Psychology of Dyslexia
Author	Michael Thomson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	2001-08-01
Number of pages	250
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