Title:
Dyslexia : research and resource guide
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Publication Information:
Needham Height, MA : Allyn and Bacon, 1996
ISBN:
9780205159079
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Summary
Summary
A comprehensive overview of reading problems experienced by people with dyslexia. Covers characteristics, early warning signs, LD subtypes, effective treatments, and inclusive practices.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| 1 Introduction, Overview of the Field |
| Introductory Remarks |
| The Challenge |
| Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
| Definition Majority of LD Population are Dyslexic Table Affective and Instructional Dimensions and Strategic Procedures for Dyslexics |
| Historical Basis for the Term Dyslexia |
| Kirk (1963) Brings LD to the Forefront |
| Correlating Factors of Dyslexia |
| Table Early Warning Signs of Dyslexia |
| No Definitive Answers |
| Identifying Characteristics |
| Subtypes |
| Other Types of Learning Disabilities |
| Memory Disorders Mathematics Disabilities Non-verbal Disabilities Language Learning Disabilities |
| Subculture Factors and Considerations |
| Personality Factors Culture-fair Tests Not Panaceas Culture-free Tests Not Recommended Multicultural Considerations |
| Curriculum Planning |
| Tables |
| Integrating Across the Curriculum |
| Conclusion |
| Table |
| Wise Tidbits from Yesteryear |
| 2 Dyslexia |
| The Elusive Disorder |
| Table |
| Correlating Behaviors |
| Keeping an Open Mind |
| Issue |
| Inclusion versus Mainstream Practices |
| Tables |
| Inclusion and Mainstreaming Similarities and Differences |
| Famous Individuals with Dyslexia |
| Identifying Characteristics of Gifted Dyslexics |
| Table Posthumous Diagnoses |
| An Adult Coping with Dyslexia |
| Self-Realization of the Problem Misinterpretations of Symptoms |
| Coping Peer Relations Depressed School Performance |
| Dyslexia Affects All Facets of Life College Failure Not Forever Support Systems |
| Developing a Positive Attitude |
| Professional Support Needed Summing Up |
| Case Study |
| Dyslexia Defined |
| Word Origin Word Blindness Dyslexia |
| A Learning Disability World Federation of Neurology |
| Definition Critchley's 1970 |
| Definition Preferred DSM-IV |
| Draft Criteria Orton's |
| Contributions Causation Linked to Cerebral Dysfunctions Dyslexia-Aphasia Link Speech |
| Dysfunctions in Aphasia Current Conceptualizations Tied to 1896 |
| Definition NJCLD 1988 |
| Definition IDEA |
| Definition (PL 94-142) |
| The Matthew Effect |
| Prevalence |
| Sex Differences |
| Sex Ratios |
| Handedness |
| Hair Color |
| Conclusion |
| 3 Controversial Theories |
| Introduction |
| Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysmetria (CVD) |
| Blurring, Scrambling, and Reversals Linked to CVD Internal Releasing Mechanism (IRM) |
| Neural Organization Technique (NOT) |
| Ocular Lock Syndrome |
| The Pelvic Girdle and Dyslexia Chiropractor |
| Interventions Physiological and Psychological Inconsistencies |
| Megavitamins |
| Hypoglycemia, Hyperinsulinism, and Dysinsulinism Diet |
| Eliminations and Supplements Basis for Megavitamin Treatment |
| American Academy of Pediatrics Warning |
| K-P Diet (Kaiser Permanente) by Feingold |
| Elimination Diet |
| Program Diet |
| Approaches and Cognition Healthy Diets |
| Commonsensible for All Analysis of Mineral Levels |
| Proven Toxicant |
| Lead Chelation Treatment Hair Mineral analysis |
| Link Between Mineral Concentrations and Learning Hair Color |
| Tomatis Audiological Psycho-Phonology (APP) Program |
| Ontogenic Perspective - (APP) |
| Postural Rehabilitation |
| The Delacato System |
| Delacato Categorizes Learning Problems on a Continuum |
| Establishing Cerebral Dominance |
| According to Delacato |
| Delacato System Hasn't Passed Test of Time |
| Delacato System Partially Revived in the 1980s |
| Perceptual |
| Motor Approaches that are Linked to IQ/ |
| Academic Progress Kephart's Influence Perceptual |
| Motor Programs Academically Inefficient Alone Barsch and Movig |
