Sylvia Phillips, Kathleen Kelly

Assessment of Learners with Dyslexic-Type Difficulties

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reinforcing best practice techniques, the second edition of this specialist guide for the assessment of learners with dyslexic-type difficulties includes:

- a new chapter on The Implications of Co-existing Specific Learning Difficulties

- updates to legislation including the SEND Code of Practice

- updates to specific diagnostic tests

- examples of interpreting test profiles

- photocopiable resources available to download from the website

This comprehensive guide enables teachers to understand a range of approaches to the assessment of children with dyslexic-type difficulties. It is an essential companion for those training to be specialist teachers of learners with dyslexia and a useful resource for all SENCOs, and teachers new or experienced.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 196mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 822g
• ISBN-13: 9781526423726
• ISBN-10: 1526423723
• Artikelnr.: 50856441

Autorenporträt

Sylvia Phillips, BA, DASE, MEd (SEN), AMBDA, Cert. TESL, began her career as a teacher of English in secondary schools where she first became interested in why some learners had severe literacy difficulties. She later joined Manchester Metropolitan University where she was a Principal Lecturer, Head of SEN, and then Head of Continuing Professional Development. At MMU she developed the first courses for specialist teachers of learners with dyslexia at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. During that time she worked in primary, secondary and special schools both with teachers and directly with pupils. She taught on several SEND courses for teachers (particularly training SENDCos) and was the UK partner (with Italy, Belgium and Spain) developing and teaching courses on 'Inclusion and SEN' for European educationalists. She has served on the Accreditation Board of the British Dyslexia Association but left when she became a specialist member of the SEND Tribunal service. She has been involved in several dyslexia research projects developing teaching materials. In recent years she led the AMBDA courses for Wrexham Glyndwr University and was a part-time tutor to the AMBDA course at Stanmillis University College, Belfast.  She is co-author of Phillips and Kelly (2018) Assessment of Learners with Dyslexic- Type Difficulties, 2nd edition.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Dyslexic-Type Difficulties and Assessment: Setting the Context
Chapter 1: Dyslexic-Type Difficulties: Implications for Assessment
Chapter 2: The Implications of Co-existing Specific Learning Difficulties
Chapter 3: Purposes and Forms Of Assessment
Chapter 4: Legislation, Policy and Practice
Part II: Starting the Process
Chapter 5: Identification and Screening
Chapter 6: Gathering Information from Others
Part III: Informal Approaches to Assessment
Chapter 7: Informal Approaches: Assessing Diffuculties in Reading
Chapter 8: Informal Approaches: Assessing Spelling Difficulties
Chapter 9: Informal Approaches: Assessing Difficulties in Handwriting
Chapter 10: Assessing Alphabetic Knowledge
Chapter 11: Assessing Cognitive Processing Skills
Chapter 12: Assessing Difficulties in Mathematics
Part IV: Formal Assessment
Chapter 13: Principles and Concepts of Psychometrics
Chapter 14: Standardised Assessment of Reading
Chapter 15: Standardised Assessment of Spelling and Handwriting
Chapter 16: The Assessment of Underlying Ability
Chapter 17: Standardised Assessment of Cognitive Processing Skills
Chapter 18: Standardised Assessment of Mathematics and Dyscalculia
Part V: Managing the Assessment Process
Chapter 19: Conducting Assessment
Chapter 20: Writing an Assessment Report
Chapter 21: Assessment by Other Professionals

Rezensionen

Phillips and Kelly have done it again with this superb second edition of their Assessing of Learners with Dyslexia-type difficulties. The first edition enjoyed tremendous success and I am sure this updated and comprehensive edition will be warmly welcomed by teachers, specialist teachers and other professionals involved in the area of assessment. A welcome addition in this edition is the chapter on SpLD a key area due to the coexistence between the different conditions associated with dyslexia. This is a superb buy and I am sure it will prove to be indispensible as a reference and daily guide for teachers and specialist teachers.

Gavin Reid Independent Practitioner Pyschologist