Full Description
Is your school dyslexia-friendly?
Beginning with a look at understanding dyslexia, this book shows you how to involve the whole school in order to achieve a dyslexia-friendly environment.
You will be able to:
- use an audit tool to discover how dyslexia-friendly your school is
- look at examples of successful dyslexia-friendly initiatives
- find information on funding and resources.
This book offers a step-by-step guide to creating a dyslexia-friendly classroom and whole-school environment.
Headteachers, deputy headteachers, class teachers, SENCOs, student teachers and literacy co-ordinators wanting to make their school more dyslexia-friendly will find this practical book extremely useful.
Barbara Pavey worked as a teacher and SEN specialist for many years and is now Lecturer in Learning Disabilities at The University of Manchester.
Contents
Understanding Dyslexia
The Dyslexia-Friendly Initiative
Funding and Resources
Policies, Principles, Practices and Processes
The Family View
Dyslexia-Friendliness
How Dyslexia-Friendly Is My Primary School?
The Way Forward
