Bøker av Gavin Reid

Improve your skills and discover the strengths of your dyslexia-strategies and exercises for adults Dyslexia is a continuous, lifelong journey-one that asks you to adapt and grow every day. The Dyslexia Workbook for Adults offers practical tools, techniques, and activities to help you improve your literacy skills, boost your self-esteem, and use your dyslexia as an advantage. Gain a sense of empowerment and a greater appreciation for the positive aspects of dyslexia with exercises designed to develop the strengths unique to dyslexic patterns of thinking. Explore specific strategies for targeting problems that adults with dyslexia experience with spelling, reading, writing, memorization, organization, and other executive functioning skills. You'll come to see your dyslexia as a gift and an important part of you. The Dyslexia Workbook for Adults includes: Intro to dyslexia-Learn more about dyslexia and how it impacts adults, and take an assessment of your own experience with the characteristics of dyslexia. Coping strategies-Build resilience to dyslexia-specific stressors in your personal life and the workplace with actionable coping techniques. Dyslexia in action-Read real-life scenarios that depict people with dyslexia using a variety of strategies and employing their strengths to overcome challenges and thrive. Build greater confidence and stronger literacy skills with evidence-based tools and exercises for adults with dyslexia.

This book contains dyslexia-friendly practical activities and ideas that can be readily accessed by parents of dyslexic children and teens, to support their learning in ways that work for them. It includes 70 activities to boost dyslexic learners' reading, writing, spelling and executive functioning, as well as aspects which are often overlooked, such as emotional wellbeing, memory and social communication, which are fundamental to self-esteem and positive education experiences.The authors, experienced practitioners in this field, equip parents to support and monitor their child's progress and work through the activities together. Accessible, motivating and engaging, this is an essential tool for supporting dyslexic students of all ages.

A complete, straightforward guide to the issues and challenges commonly faced by children and young people when seeking to study and learn effectively - and the practical ways in which parents, carers, teachers and schools can help.

By bridging the gap between schools' and parents' perspective on dyslexia assessment, this pocket guide is the perfect reading material for people working with children and young people with dyslexia.

Full of interesting and creative activities for children and young people aged 5-19 with dyslexia, this book is an essential guide for teachers and parents. Focusing on practical and accessible projects, the guide will cover key skills such as listening, memory, talking and writing.

Identifying dyslexia in children during Early Years is key to preventing dyslexia from limiting them later on in life. This book helps to enhance the understanding of teachers, and offers practical guidance on how to create resource material that facilitates the development of the child at risk of dyslexia.

Helps educators create an optimum learning environment for students with different learning styles and is packed with practical, adaptable strategies to help every learner succeed.

Highlights the developments in the area of research, policy and practice. This book provides an overview of developments in dyslexia and includes chapters on the research associated with neurological factors, the cerebellum, genetics and the links between research and practice.

The author discusses stages in the learning cycle, diverse learning styles, and how the classroom environment and different teaching methods influence children's ability to learn.

This book enables practitioners to reflect critically upon the choices available to them in assessing and supporting students who experience difficulties in literacy development.