Ages: 5-Adult
Grades: K-Adult

Get comprehensive information on identifying, understanding, and diagnosing students with dyslexia and dysgraphia along with hands-on strategies and techniques for intervention.

The author begins by dispelling 16 myths about dyslexia and setting a goal of helping the reader understand the struggles experienced by students with dyslexia and dysgraphia. Then discusses:

• the processing styles inherent in dyslexia and dysgraphia
• how to identify at-risk students
• components relevant to diagnosing dyslexia
• when to compensate and when to remediate
• the importance of phonological awareness skills and how to develop them at early and advanced levels
• approaches to develop sound/symbol correspondence for reading and spelling
• why students with dyslexia need instruction in phonics
• how to develop written language skills using remedial and bypass strategies
• how to improve written language expresssion through metacognitive awareness and explicit practice of specific processing skills

Activities are included to build these skills:

• phonological awareness beginning with easy rhyming and alliteration tasks and ending with advanced tasks such as creating malapropisms and reduplication games
• sound/symbol correspondence following a mnemonic teaching system called Memory Foundations for Reading (MFR)
• decoding and encoding through structured, systematic, and multisensory instruction and practice
• spelling based on Levine's six acquired insights and including activities designed to enhance learning at each insight
• manuscript and cursive writing
• prewriting skills such as comprehension, rehearsal, and organization
• written expression subskills such as as drafting, proofreading, and editing

308 pages • 8.5 x 11, softcover book with reproducible pages (checklists, therapy activities) • ©1999