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positive responses to specific learning differences
1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) : illustrations
This edited collection offers screening, teaching and practical support for specific learning differences in Higher Education: UsesA international case studies to explain how psychologists identify, assess and support a range of specific learning differences in students; The higher education sector has come to terms with dyslexia, but today???s students are disclosing a range of learning differences including dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger???s Syndrome and dyscalculia; Institutions in all major Western countries are required by law to avoid disadvantaging students with special educational needs, so staff must be up to date on how to recognise and support them; Supported by an already popular website, Brain HE, with extra materials and colour photographs.
Introduction / David Pollak -- Neurodiversity, disability, legislation and policy development in the United Kingdom / Alan Hurst -- The psychological assessment of neurodiversity / David Grant -- Dyslexia / Ross Cooper -- Dyspraxia / Sharon Drew -- Dyscalculia / Clare Trott -- Asperger syndrome : empathy is a two-way street / Nicola Martin -- Attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder AD(H)D / Mary Colley -- Mental well-being / Kitty McCrea -- Assistive technology / E.A. Draffan -- Teaching, learning and assessment : 'it's not like you think' / Heather Symonds -- Conclusion : constructing the whole picture and looking forward / David Pollak.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009