Teaching students with dyslexia and dysgraphia : lessons from teaching and science /

How can teachers provide effective literacy instruction for students with learning differences - while meeting the needs of all students in the class? Finally, a single accessible textbook answers that question for every K-12 educator. The only teacher training text to cover the three learning dis...

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Main Author: Berninger, Virginia Wise
Other Authors: Wolf, Beverly J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Beginnings : From the past to the present
  • Historical and contemporary contexts
  • pt. 2. Classroom environment : what works in teaching students with dyslexia, OWL LD, or dysgraphia?
  • Organizational issues and instructional approaches
  • Appendix : Information for obtaining instructional programs
  • Teaching oral language
  • Appendix A : Questions of the day
  • Appendix B : Children's books that help with language learning
  • Teaching reading
  • Appendix A : Concept words that reinforce comprehension
  • Appendix B : Small, important words that may require special instruction
  • Teaching writing
  • Teaching across the language systems with intellectual engagement
  • pt. 3. Blending science and educational practice
  • Contributions from science disciplines
  • Contributions from clinical disciplines
  • Contributions from instructional disciplines
  • Creating building-level plans for teaching all students effectively and efficiently
  • pt. 4. Professional development for blending science and educational practice
  • Preservice teacher education
  • Appendix : Recommended readings and / or instructional resources for supervised practica for preservice teacher education
  • In-service teacher education and models for teacher mentoring
  • Appendix : Representative syllabi for professional development of educators
  • pt. 5. Commencement : From book endings to new beginnings in teaching students with dyslexia, OWL LD, and dysgraphia
  • Commencement : from book endings to new beginnings.