Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School

Lindsay Peer is Education Director of the British Dyslexia Association and Gavin Reid is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Equity Studies and Special Education at the University of Edinburgh.

Part 1: Dyslexia - Implication for secondary schools: Dyslexia and its manifestations in the Secondary School; Biological and Cognitive Dimension of Dyslexia - Current scientific thinking; The Dyslexia Friendly Secondary School. Section 2: Inclusion - Principles and Practices: Inclusion - the challenges; Inclusion - Changing the variables; Inclusion and equal opportunities. Section 3: The Subject of Success: Learning styles and mathematics; Dyslexia and the teaching of Modern Foreign Languages; Implications for the Humanities - Dyslexia in the History Classroom; Implications for the Sciences; Supporting students with Dyslexia in the Maths Classroom; Dyslexia and Music; Dyslexia in the Art Classroom; Dyslexia with Geography, Drama and PE. Section 4: Cross Curricular Aspects: Dyslexia across the Curriculum; Cross Curricular approaches to staff development in secondary schools. Section 5: Professional Perspectives: Assessment and Support in the Secondary School - An Educational Psychologist's View; The Careers Service; Dyslexia and the Law; Implications for Teacher ; References; Index.