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Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) [Kindle Edition]

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Author: Nancy Mather
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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to effectively understand, assess, and treat individuals struggling with dyslexia

Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention provides practical, step-by-step information on accurately identifying, assessing, and using evidence-based interventions with individuals with dyslexia. Addressing the components that need to be considered in the assessment of dyslexia—both cognitive and academic—this book includes descriptions of the various tests used in a comprehensive dyslexia assessment along with detailed, evidence-based interventions that professionals and parents can use to help individuals struggling with dyslexia.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Providing an in-depth look at dyslexia, this straightforward book presents information that will prepare school psychologists, neuropsychologists, educational diagnosticians, special education teachers, as well as general education teachers, to recognize, assess, and provide effective treatment programs for dyslexia. The book is also a good resource for parents who are helping a child with dyslexia.

  • A practical guide to understanding, assessing, and helping individuals who have dyslexia
  • Expert advice and tips throughout
  • Conveniently formatted for rapid reference

Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:
Essentials of Assessment Report Writing
Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment
Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions
Essentials of Response to Intervention
Essentials of Processing Assessment
Essentials of Conners Behavior Assessments
Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition
Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment, Second Edition

  • File Size: 2561 KB
  • Print Length: 396 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 20, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005OQFEJC
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Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention

While this book covers many aspects of dyslexia assessment and intervention well, I was absolutely shocked by what was missing from this book. The goal of this book is to be "practical, step-by-step information on accurately identifying, assessing, and using evidence-based interventions with individuals with dyslexia". For those that understand the complex nature of dyslexia, this is a pretty lofty goal for one book. And, as should be expected with a relatively compact book, it fell well short of meeting its mark. While the book did well in the topics that it covered (for the most part, with some exceptions), the things that were not covered were the most surprising and made me the most uneasy about this book.
For example, while it is well established that dyslexia disproportionately affects individuals with higher IQ's, there was very little in this book about gifted children. Over half of all children with dyslexia have above average IQ's and this book dedicates little more than occasional paragraphs to dealing with gifted children who have dyslexia. In fact, the book barely covers what has become known as "stealth dyslexia" (the book never even mentions stealth dyslexia), which is children that are clearly dyslexic, but are almost impossible to diagnose with traditional methods of assessment because their overall IQ allows them to compensate (mostly temporarily) for their reading difficulties.
The book also fails to cover the positive attributes associated with individuals with dyslexia. Yes, individuals with dyslexia then to have problems (sometimes very severe) problems with reading, spelling, decoding, phonics, etc.
The Essentials of Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention by Nancy Mather and Barbara Wendling is an excellent resource for school psychologists, educators, and parents. It is written in a clear and concise declarative style that provides authoritative information about what dyslexia is, how it is treated, and what are the most robust treatments and accommodations. The chapters on dyslexia in the schools, dyslexia in other languages, the history of dyslexia, treatments for dyslexia, and technology resources for dyslexia stand alone as valuable contributions to understanding and treatment of dyslexia. They have produced a book on dyslexia assessment that removes the obfuscation sometimes attached to this subject and construct. The reader comes away with a fundamental understanding of dyslexia as well as being exposed to an excellent review of contemporary resources and treatments. In my opinion, the two best books on dyslexia for professionals and parents are Sally Shaywitz's Overcoming Dyslexia and Essentials of Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention. These two books complement each other in meaningful ways. They are indispensible for school psychologists, educators, and informed adults who are engaged in dyslexia assessment or who wish to understand best practices in the assessment and treatment of dyslexia. It is also notable that Sally and Bennett Shaywitz contributed a chapter on the neurology of dyslexia. In addition, important historical developments in dyslexia research are included here which are not found in other volumes and textbooks. As a psychologist who has been dedicated to dyslexia assessment and treatment over the past 40 years, I would give this book my full and most enthusiastic endorsement.
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