Kathleen Kelly, Sylvia Phillips

Gebundenes Buch

Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia

A Multisensory Approach

Beschreibung

This bestselling book for teaching literacy to children and young people aged 4-16 years with dyslexia and other specific literacy difficulties has been fully updated for its fourth edition. Providing a structured multisensory programme, 'Conquering Literacy', that includes placement tests, well-established strategies and examples of lesson planning, teaching activities, and reading, spelling and literacy concept cards, this book is an essential practical resource for teachers. This new edition includes: ¿ 51 new activities (online) to support the delivery of the Accelerated Programme. ¿ A new chapter on co-occurring difficulties and the implications for teaching literacy using Conquering Literacy. ¿ Additional examples and case studies. ¿ New resources within the book itself, to support the teacher in delivering the lessons. ¿ A variety of structured reading materials to develop reading comprehension for students working at Stage 2 of the programme.

Autor

Dr Kathleen Kelly PhD, MA (SEN), Dip TESL, AMBDA, is an independent consultant and trainer in the field of specific learning difficulties. For many years she was a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University in the Centre for Inclusion and Disability Studies where she was Programme Leader for the MA in Specific Learning Difficulties and the Post Graduate Certificate in Dyscalculia. For several years she has taught courses on specific learning difficulties as part of the initial teacher training programme in addition to postgraduate awards. She has presented papers in this area at a number of international conferences and was part of the MMU research team that evaluated the Department for Education funded project 'Teaching for neurodiversity' led and coordinated by the British Dyslexia Association (2017). She has considerable experience in delivering courses to meet the criteria set out by the British Dyslexia Association for Approved Teacher Status (ATS) and is an Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA). She was a member of the SASC/BDA working party (2019) which was set up to develop a new definition of dyscalculia and to produce guidance on identification and assessment. Kathleen has taught a wide range of learners with dyslexia, from children as young as 4 years to 16 years. She has worked in both mainstream and special schools, for language support and learning support services, as a SENCO in a primary school, and as Head of Sixth Form in a special school. She has many years of experience in supporting multilingual children with special educational needs (including specific learning difficulties). Multilingualism and dyslexia is a particular area of interest, and her doctorate was also in this area. She is co-author of Phillips and Kelly () Assessment of Learners with Dyslexic-Type Difficulties, 2nd edition and author of Kelly (2020) Identifying, Assessing and Supporting Learners with Dyscalculia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 305mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1366g
• ISBN-13: 9781529684636
• ISBN-10: 1529684633
• Artikelnr.: 71743625