Reading Difficulties and Dyslexia : An Interpretation for Teachers

by J P Das

• ISBN13: 9788178298955
• ISBN10: 8178298953
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-06
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Summary

This book is a ready reckoner on dyslexia, a condensed and updated source of information on the subject, for not only teachers and parents, but also for professionals concerned with Learning Disabilities. For the school psychologist, the book is an interpretation that gives pre-eminence to the PASS (Planning-Attention-Simultaneous-Successive) theory of cognitive processes-the four major processes that replace traditional views of IQ and redefine intelligence.

Author Biography

J.P. Das is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology and Emeritus Director of the J.P. Das Developmental Disabilities Centre at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, where he is currently a research professor. He was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his original contribution to the field of intelligence.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. ix
List of Figures	p. x
List of Abbreviations	p. xi
Preface	p. xii
Understanding Reading Difficulties
Good and Poor Readers	p. 3
From Nursery Rhymes to Phonological Coding	p. 13
Stages of Reading Development	p. 20
Explaining Reading by Intelligence	p. 29
Reading and Comprehension	p. 46
Spelling and Writing	p. 57
Remediation of Reading and Learning Difficulties
Theory and Practice	p. 71
COGENT Program: Getting Ready to Read	p. 82
A Taste of COGENT: Program Modules	p. 87
COGENT Works: Early Evidence	p. 93
How does Reading Readiness Work? A Taste of COGENT	p. 97
PREP: A Remediation Program Based on PASS	p. 105
A Taste of PREP in Words and Pictures	p. 117
Case Histories	p. 124
The Next Steps
The Way Forward	p. 149
Integration of Contemporary Views on Reading	p. 158
Epilogue: New Horizons in Understanding Reading	p. 176
Notes	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 193
About the Author	p. 199
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