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Dyslexia in the Early Years : a Practical Guide to Teaching and Learning.

Packed full of activities, real-life case studies, tasks and suggestions, this informative book will equip teachers with the kind of practical knowledge needed to teach young children with dyslexia effectively. Tackling the subject in a clear and realistic way, the author encourages teachers to thin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hartas, Dimitra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Dyslexia in the Early Years A practical guide to teaching and learning
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: An overview of early years education
  • The importance of early years education
  • Early years policy and practice
  • Early years curriculum
  • The early years practitioner's role: rewards and challenges
  • A family-centred early years education
  • Classroom guidance
  • About this book
  • Chapter 1 Dyslexia in young learners
  • Introduction
  • Young children as learners
  • Defining dyslexia
  • Early characteristics of dyslexia.
  • Phonological development and dyslexia
  • Visual dyslexia
  • Working memory, processing speed and dyslexia
  • Motor co-ordination skills
  • Case study
  • Gifted young children with dyslexia
  • Classroom support: pre-literacy strategies
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2 Language and communication in young children with dyslexia
  • Introduction
  • Emergent literacy and language skills
  • EAL young children with dyslexia: language difficulties or language difference?
  • Classroom guidance
  • Supporting children with dyslexia to become 'linguistic beings'
  • Classroom strategies for language and literacy development
  • Language as a social tool
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3 Pastoral care in young children with dyslexia
  • Introduction
  • Social-emotional difficulties and dyslexia
  • Social-emotional skills: what do they entail?
  • Creating caring classrooms
  • Enhancing language and social-emotional literacy
  • Circle time
  • Peer mediation
  • Building emotional bonds
  • Making friends
  • Talking about feelings
  • Building self-esteem
  • Modelling and coaching
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4 Identification and assessment of learning and development in early years.
  • Introduction
  • Assessment: another aspect of teaching?
  • Foundation Stage Profile
  • Qualitative assessment: dyslexia, language and social development
  • Pre-literacy and literacy
  • Language and communication
  • Social and emotional development
  • Quantitative assessment: phonology, reading and writing
  • Phonology tests
  • Reading tests
  • Spelling tests
  • Dyslexia screening tests
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5 Effectiveness in early years teaching and learning
  • Introduction
  • Early years teaching and learning: making a good start
  • The making of early years curriculum.
  • Early years practitioners: What does it take to become effective?
  • Professional development: peer coaching
  • Early years teaching for dyslexia: instructional strategies
  • Reading at word level: building phonology
  • Reading at sentence and text level: making meaning
  • EAL young pupils: literacy and language
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6 Information and communication technology
  • Introduction
  • ICT: a tool for inclusion and responsive pedagogy
  • ICT and early years practitioners: barriers and facilitators
  • Individual level
  • Organisational level
  • ICT enabling early years staff.