Beschreibung:
Reinforcing best practice techniques, the second edition of this specialist guide for the assessment of learners with dyslexic-type difficulties includes:
PART I: Dyslexic-Type Difficulties and Assessment: Setting the ContextChapter 1: Dyslexic-Type Difficulties: Implications for AssessmentChapter 2: The Implications of Co-existing Specific Learning DifficultiesChapter 3: Purposes and Forms Of AssessmentChapter 4: Legislation, Policy and PracticePart II: Starting the ProcessChapter 5: Identification and ScreeningChapter 6: Gathering Information from OthersPart III: Informal Approaches to AssessmentChapter 7: Informal Approaches: Assessing Diffuculties in ReadingChapter 8: Informal Approaches: Assessing Spelling DifficultiesChapter 9: Informal Approaches: Assessing Difficulties in HandwritingChapter 10: Assessing Alphabetic KnowledgeChapter 11: Assessing Cognitive Processing SkillsChapter 12: Assessing Difficulties in MathematicsPart IV: Formal AssessmentChapter 13: Principles and Concepts of PsychometricsChapter 14: Standardised Assessment of ReadingChapter 15: Standardised Assessment of Spelling and HandwritingChapter 16: The Assessment of Underlying AbilityChapter 17: Standardised Assessment of Cognitive Processing SkillsChapter 18: Standardised Assessment of Mathematics and DyscalculiaPart V: Managing the Assessment ProcessChapter 19: Conducting AssessmentChapter 20: Writing an Assessment ReportChapter 21: Assessment by Other Professionals