Dyslexia Biology, Cognition and Intervention

by Hulme, Charles; Snowling, Margaret J.

• ISBN13: 9781861560353
• ISBN10: 1861560354
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-29
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book brings together a selection of papers from those presented at the Fourth International Conference of the British Dyslexia Association in April 1997. The three main themes of the conference are biology, identification and intervention.

Author Biography

Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. He has conducted research on a wide range of developmental disorders. His current research focuses particularly on interventions to ameliorate children's reading and language difficulties.

Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology at the University of York and a qualified clinical psychologist. She is widely recognized as an expert in the field of children's reading and language difficulties.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface

Brain, Mind and Behaviour in Dyslexia

Genetic Aetiologies of Reading and Spelling Deficits: Developmental Differences

Dyslexia and Gyral Morphology Variation

How Does a Visual Transient Deficit Affect Reading?

The Development of Developmental Dyslexia

In search of the Precursors of Dyslexia: A prespective Study of Children at Risk for Reading Problems

Progress in the Search for Dyslexia Sub-types

Learning to Read in Different Orthographies: Phonological Awareness, Orthographic Representations and Dyslexia

Language, Phonology and Learning to Read

Academic Outcomes of Language Impaired Children

How do Speech and Language Problems affect Literacy Development?

Achieving Competence in Language and Literacy by Training in Phonemic Awareness, Concept Imagery and Comparator Function

Prevention of Dyslexia in Kindergarten: Effects of Phoneme Awareness Training with Children of Dyslexic Parents

Teaching Phonological Awareness With and Without the Computer

Subject Index

Author Index

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