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 |