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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.