Specific Learning Difficlties. (Dyslexia). Challenges and Responses. A National Inquiry Coordinated and Written By Peter D. Pumfrey and Rea Reason Together With a Working Group of Educational Psychologists.

Paperback. School stamp to end inside cover and title page. Very slight mark to edge. This book brings together research about educational, psychological and medical aspects of specific learning difficulties (dyslexia). The importance of a multidisciplinary approach is emphasised. Areas covered include: emtional and social factors, early language development, cognitive aspects, phonological difficulties, neurology, opthalmology and pharmaceutics. A national inquiry by the Division of \educational and Child Psychology of the British Psychological Society forms the basis of the work. It draws on contributions from local education authorities; educational psychologists; statutory, voluntary and examining bodies; parents and the public. The authors make recommendations coverning policies and practices for identification, intervention and alleviation. These cover factors such as definitions, legal issues, teaching approaches, the provision of support, and concessions in examination. The work has been carried out by a team of 11 qualified and experienced educational psychologists. 338 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…