Mary L Farrell, Francie Matthews

Broschiertes Buch

Ready to Read

A Multisensory Approach to Language-Based Comprehension Instruction

Beschreibung

This text provide guidelines for basing comprehension instruction on students' language ability and to use the popular multi-sensory teaching approach to help educators teach comprehension skills in ways that complement each child's learning styles.

Autor

Francie M. Matthews, Ph.D., holds a doctoral degree from the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at Northwestern University. She is the founder and director of a learning center specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities in Westfield, New Jersey. She has worked with children and adults with language learning differences for 25 years through her center, public schools, and clinical settings and has a long-standing interest in the relationship of oral language abilities to literacy. Dr. Matthews has presented on the identification and treatment of reading disorders at the state and national levels and has authored several articles on this topic. She is a recent past president of the New Jersey Branch of The International Dyslexia Association. Dr. Matthews also served on the Board of Trustees of the Winston School in Short Hills, New Jersey, a school for students with learning differences. Mary L. Farrell, Ph.D., earned her Ph.D. at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), where she directs the Center for Dyslexia Studies, through which FDU's International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC) and International Dyslexia Association (IDA)â "accredited Orton-Gillingham teacher training program is provided. Dr. Farrell is also University Director of the Regional Center for Students with Learning Disabilities, a comprehensive support program for colleges students with learning disabilities. .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brookes Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 178mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781598570519
• ISBN-10: 159857051X
• Artikelnr.: 29379820