03056nam 2200577Ia 450 991082989260332120230421044755.01-281-31954-697866113195401-4356-5799-30-470-77794-X0-470-77803-2(CKB)1000000000411294(EBL)351384(OCoLC)437218642(SSID)ssj0000230012(PQKBManifestationID)11173931(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230012(PQKBWorkID)10173231(PQKB)10453828(MiAaPQ)EBC351384(EXLCZ)99100000000041129419970522d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPsychological assessment of dyslexia[electronic resource] /Martin Turner ; consultant in dyslexia, Margaret SnowlingLondon Whurr Publishers19971 online resource (376 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-897635-53-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-351) and index.Psychological Assessment of Dyslexia; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Concert of Abilities; Chapter 3 Describing Individual Variation; Chapter 4 Detecting Cognitive Anomaly; Chapter 5 Charting Individual Attainment; Chanter 6 Structures for Reporting; Chapter 7 Recommendations for Specialist Teaching; Chapter 8 Analysis of a Casework Sample; Chapter 9 Testing for Teachers; Chapter 10 Assessment of the Younger Child; Chapter 11 Assessment of the Dyslexic Adult; Chapter 12 Severity: the Case for Resources; Appendix 1: Key to Abbreviations for Tests UsedAppendix 2: A Select Bibliography of Literature on Direct InstructionAppendix 3: Table of Normal Distribution Values; Some of the Rare Literature that Objectively Evaluates the Effectiveness of Teaching, Specialist or Otherwise 333; References; IndexThis book provides a refreshingly rational guide to the many issues involved in psychological assessment, taking dyslexia to be a remedial cognitive deficit. The author reviews the major tests in use for children and adults, while keeping the scientific purpose for their use firmly in view. Written primarily for assessment professionals, the book will appeal to parents and specialist teachers and all those with an interest in fair and objective methods for dealing with dyslexia.DyslexiaPsychological aspectsReading disabilityPsychological aspectsDyslexiaPsychological aspects.Reading disabilityPsychological aspects.616.85/53616.8553Turner Martin1948-1340712MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829892603321Psychological assessment of dyslexia3062788UNINA