Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention (Paperback, 2)

Series Preface   xi

Acknowledgments          xiii

One       Understanding Dyslexia

Two       A Brief History of Dyslexia           

Three    The Brain and Dyslexia  

Deborah Schneider, Fumiko Hoeft, Nancy Mather, Barbara Wendling, Sally

Shaywitz*, and Bennett Shaywitz*

Four       Genetics and the Environment

                Deborah Schneider, Nancy Mather, and Barbara Wendling           

Five        Assessment of Cognitive and Linguistic Risk Factors          

Six          Assessment of Decoding, Encoding, and Reading Fluency              

Seven   Phonological Awareness and Early Reading and Spelling

Eight      Orthography and Orthographic Mapping for Reading and Spelling

                Nancy Redding, Nancy Mather, and Barb Wendling

Nine      Teaching the Orthographic System by Integrating Morphology, Etymology, And   Phoneme-Grapheme Relationships

                Sue Scibetta Hegland     

Ten        Instruction in Basic Reading Skills and Spelling    

Eleven  Instruction in Reading Fluency   

Twelve Technology Applications for Students with Dyslexia         

                Kathleen Puckett

Thirteen               Dyslexia in Different Languages and English Language Learners  

                Martha Youman and Emily Mather

Fourteen             Dyslexia in the Schools

Appendix A: Descriptions of Tests            

Appendix B: Descriptions of Evidence-Based Programs

Appendix C: Mobile Apps and Websites to Support Reading and Writing Instruction

                Elaine Cheesman            

Glossary              

References        

Annotated Bibliography

About the Authors          

Index   

*The Shaywitzes contributed to this chapter in the first edition of the book.