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Dyslexics : dating, marriage and parenthood /
This new and innovative book aims to investigate adult dyslexics and their long-term relationships, along with their journey through parenthood. The book begins by investigating adult dyslexics and their childhoods, looking at their emotional and behavioural coping strategies. These adults, with oth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Dyslexia, an academic perspective.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- DYSLEXICS: DATING, MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD; DYSLEXICS: DATING, MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; My Motivation for this Book; Who is this Book Targeted to?; What Is Dyslexia?; Curing Dyslexia; Severe to Mild Dyslexia: What's the Difference?; The Young Dyslexic
- Dreaming of Being Normal; Letting your Children Fail is the Best Way to Get the Help they Need; Diagnosing Dyslexia or Identifying the Learning Difficulty; Help in Schools
- How Dyslexics Misunderstand what Is Expected from them in Educational EnvironmentsNon-dyslexic Parents Finding out their Child is Dyslexic; Dyslexics Dating; Being Married to a Dyslexic; Dyslexia and Crime; Dyslexic and Routines; Dyslexics Choosing to Be Parents
- A Moral Dilemma?; Being a Dyslexic Parent and the Journey; Are Dyslexics Good Parents?; Facing School again; Emotional Manifestations from Dyslexia; Dyslexics, Avoidance, Denial in the Workplace; Dyslexia, Workplace and Stigma; Dyslexics and Success in the Workplace; Appendixes; Summing up; My own Education
- Chapter 2: WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?
- EMPIRICAL REVIEWChapter 3: WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?; Why me? Blaming Dyslexia; It's Negative; It's Positive; It's both Positive and Negative; What does Dyslexia Mean to you?; Dyslexia as a Label; Unfair Advantage; Chapter Overview; DYSLEXIA AND STIGMA OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE?; CURES FOR DYSLEXIA; Are Dyslexic Genes Bad? Are they Malfunctioned?; Should we Test for Dyslexia in the Womb (Gene Repair Therapy)?; Should Dyslexics Attempt to Dilute Dyslexic Sperm/Eggs to Reduce the Chances of Having Dyslexic Children? Does it Work? Is it Logical?; Taking a Cure Pill?
- Chapter 4: CHILDHOODFEELING DIFFERENT; What Is Normal? Who Is Normal? And Who Is Abnormal? Do Dyslexics Crave to Be Accepted and Understood?; DYSLEXICS AND THE FAMILY; How do Dyslexics Relate to their Families?; HOW CHILD DYSLEXICS COPE; How Dyslexics do Cope at School?; Task-Based Coping; Emotional-Based Coping; Avoidance-Based Coping; Hiding in the Classroom; Using Friends in Class; Perfectionism; Humour and Being the Class Clown; Being Bored so Acting up; Daydreaming; Equalling Activities; Being Proactive to Find Learning Support; REACTIONS BY THE SCHOOL; Humiliation; Bullying by Teachers
- It Must be Frustrating Teaching DyslexicsBullying from the Classroom to the Playground; Teachers didn't See or Understand my Difficulties; The Right Classroom Support; The Wrong Classroom Support; Alternative Teaching Methods; Parents Believing their Child's Teacher, not their Child; School Reports; EMOTIONAL REACTIONS AS CHILDREN; Feeling an Outsider to your Family, Sibling Comparison, and Thinking you were Adopted; Faking Illness to Avoid Tests; Truancy and Running away from Home; Bullying by Peers; Regression as a Child; Self-harm as a Child; Suicide Ideation as a Child