Do you read me? : learning difficulties, dyslexia, and the denial of meaning /: learning difficulties, dyslexia, and the denial of meaning. (2015)
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- Book
- Title:
- Do you read me? : learning difficulties, dyslexia, and the denial of meaning /: learning difficulties, dyslexia, and the denial of meaning. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Do you read me? : learning difficulties, dyslexia, and the denial of meaning
- Further Information:
- Note: J. F. Miller.
- Authors:
- Miller, J. F (John F.)
- Other Names:
- Child development
- Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION PART I: READING DISABILITY CHAPTER ONE The dyslexia muddle CHAPTER TWO Acronyms, non-science, and nonsense CHAPTER THREE "Those who can't...": the emperor's new clothes CHAPTER FOUR First base CHAPTER FIVE Feeding, reading, and mental anorexia CHAPTER SIX Emotional health and fitness CHAPTER SEVEN Family matters: the inner story CHAPTER EIGHT Family matters: the external situation CHAPTER NINE Secrets, lies, and hidden agenda CHAPTER TEN Autodidacts and the Garden of Eden CHAPTER ELEVEN Go for it! The function of aggression CHAPTER TWELVE Writing: exposure or self-affirmation? CHAPTER THIRTEEN Boring! Attention and interest CHAPTER FOURTEEN What is your story? CHAPTER FIFTEEN Un-ready adults CHAPTER SIXTEEN Dysnumeracy: the "third r" CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Hyperlexia, dysbiblia, and the problem of giftedness PART III: THE EDUCATION ISSUE CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Schooling and education: liberation or persecution? PART IV: DIAGNOSIS FOR REAL UNDERSTANDING CHAPTER NINETEEN Useless intelligence: sensible and nonsensical uses of standardised tests CHAPTER TWENTY How to do assessment and diagnosis: capturing individuality POSTSCRIPT Education in crisis REFERENCES INDEX.
- Publisher Details:
- London : Karnac Books
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Subjects:
- 371.9144
Dyslexia
Learning disabled children - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781781814888
1781814880 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.131271
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