100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Dyslexia

by Reid, Gavin; Green, Shannon

• ISBN13: 9781472917904
• ISBN10: 1472917901
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-05-19
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Education

Summary

This is a brand new title from the authors of the bestselling 100 ideas for primary teachers: Dyslexia. It is a practical guide providing secondary teachers supporting children and young people with dyslexia with successful strategies and engaging activities to use in the classroom and to plan their teaching. It covers emotional literacy, peer support, periods of transition in the child's school life, developing phonic skills and exam preparation.

This book of ready-to-use activities is perfect for the non-specialist teacher in need of extra guidance, but will also offer new ideas and insights to SENCOs, head teachers, parents and carers and anyone else working with a young person with dyslexia in secondary schools.

Author Biography

A teacher and university lecturer for many years, Dr Gavin Reid is an Educational Psychologist in Vancouver, Canada, a consultant with the Center for Child Evaluation and Teaching (CCET) in Kuwait, and a Director of the Red Rose School for Children with Dyslexia in Lancashire, UK. He is a prolific author, international consultant and trainer and has held seminars on effective learning in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Shannon Green is an Orton-Gillingham (OG) Trainer for the Canadian Academy of Therapeutic Tutors (CATT) in British Columbia (BC), Canada and the OG trainer for the Centre for Child Evaluation and Training (CCET) in Kuwait. Shannon is the co-founder of a Learning Center in BC, Canada, and co-author of three books on dyslexia and ideas for learning.