Thomson, Michael E. <br/><br/>
Developmental dyslexia / 
[Michael E.] Thomson. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - London ;  Jersey City, NJ :  Whurr,  1991. 
 - xii, 307 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Studies in disorders of communications .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-297) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Part 1 Introduction: barriers to learning; the concept of developmental dyslexia; emotional correlates of dyslexia; sex differences; subtypes of dyslexia; genetic aspects; offical attitudes to dyslexia in the UK. Part 2 Case histories. Part 3 Etiology: neurological perspective; cognitive perspective. Part 4 Dyslexia as a phenomenon of written language: some features of written language; models of the written language process; reading and spelling behaviour; written language and dyslexia - a synthesis. Part 5 Assessment: "background" factors; assessment of intelligence; attainments; perceptual, motor and memory skills; screening procedures; sample reports. Part 6 Remediation - evaluations and assessment: the relationship between assessment and remediation; evaluating remediation. Part 7 Remediation - principles and techniques: general principles of remediation; structured written language programmes; multi-sensory teaching; matching task to learner; phonetic teaching; essay writing; the older dyslexic; computer-assisted learning and word processing; role of the parent in remediation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1870332709 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>92155356  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dyslexic children.<br/>Dyslexia.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RJ496.A5  / T48 1991 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.855 3 THO