Supporting Dyslexic Adults in Higher Education and the Workplace (eBook)

Nicola Brunswick (Autor)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
200 Seiten
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-119-94461-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Supporting Dyslexic Adults provides practical advice in supporting dyslexic adults in education and employment, and guidance on the latest research

• Provides an important overview of current research and practice in supporting dyslexic adults in education and employment, deftly combining academic understanding with everyday issues
• Contributors possess a wealth of practical experience in the field which provides an indispensible guide to the subject
• Case studies are included to capture the immediate experiences of dyslexic adults in education and at work to highlight prevalent issues
• Offers practical advice to adults with dyslexia, from how to disclose their particular needs to employers and colleagues to legal aspects of dyslexia support
• Highlights to employers the particular skills and strengths that dyslexic adults can bring to the workplace

Dr Nicola Brunswick is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University. She researches in the areas of reading and developmental dyslexia, and is author of A Beginner's Guide to Dyslexia (2009) and Living with Dyslexia (2011), and the editor of The Dyslexia Handbook 2009/2010 (2009). She also co-edited Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies (with S. McDougall & P. de Mornay Davies, 2010), and is a trustee of the British Dyslexia Association.

Inhalt

About the Contributors vii

Acknowledgements xi

1 Dyslexia in UK Higher Education and Employment: An
Introduction and Overview 1

Nicola Brunswick

Section 1 Supporting Dyslexic Adults in Higher Education
11

2 Socio-Emotional Aspects of Dyslexia: We're all in
this Together 13

Ruth Gwernan-Jones

3 How Well Are Students with Specific Learning Difficulties
Prepared for Higher Education? A case study of a pre-1992
university 22

Vikki Anderson and Sue Onens

4 Screening for Specifi c Learning Diffi culties in Higher
Education 33

Sarah Nichols

5 The Complex Nature of Dyslexia Support in the Context of
Widening Participation 43

Vivien Fraser

6 Why Can't I Learn? Metacognitive Strategy Instruction
51

Geraldine Price

7 Supporting Higher Education Students Who are Dyslexic 59

David Pollak

8 Dyslexia Support at the Royal College of Art: A Symbiotic
Relationship 74

Qona Rankin

9 Dyslexia, eLearning and eSkills 84

E.A. Draffan

10 Reading Comprehension in Adult Students with Dyslexia: Areas
of Weakness and Strategies for Support 91

Rob Fidler and John Everatt

11 Dyslexia Support at University and on Work Placement
101

Pauline Sumner

12 Preparing for Work: Dyslexic Undergraduates Making the
Transition into Employment 112

Fiona White, Richard Mendez and Rosanne Rieley

Section 2 Supporting Dyslexic Adults in the Workplace
123

13 Disclosing Dyslexia: An Exercise in Self-Advocacy 125

Alan Martin and David McLoughlin

14 Self-Disclosure in Adults with Learning Disabilities and
Dyslexia: Complexities and Considerations 136

Paul J. Gerber and Lynda A. Price

15 Dyslexia on the Defensive 149

Sylvia Moody

16 Achieving Success in the Workplace 157

Carol Leather and Bernadette Kirwan

17 The Knowledge and Skills Required by a Specialist Tutor
within the Field of Adult Support 167

Margaret Malpas

18 Dyslexia and Disability Discrimination: The Legal
Requirements 177

John Mackenzie

19 The Design and Development of the Sylexiad Typeface 185

Robert Hillier

20 Dyslexia and Creativity: Tapping the Creative Strengths of
Dyslexic People 197

Morag Kiziewicz

Index 207

Rezensionen

"The book is an essential guide for teachers,
practitioners and employers working with the dyslexic adult and
covers recent research and practices within the field of dyslexia .
. . The book is well structured with useful contents pages and a
clearly presented index." (Dyslexia Review, 1
November 2012)



This comprehensive and essential handbook offers a wealth of
expertise to all those supporting adults with dyslexia. It explores
the world of the student in Higher Education, transitions into the
workplace and the subsequent world of employment, recognising that
dyslexia is a life-long condition and that different settings and
new demands bring different pressures. Highly experienced
practitioners provide detailed guidance into the tried and tested
approaches and strategies which are known to be successful.

The book also points the way forward, demonstrating how dyslexia
awareness and effective adjustments will help to remove the
barriers for dyslexic adults, enabling them to work to their
strengths and so contribute fully to our society. I strongly
recommend this book.

--Katherine Kindersley, Director, Dyslexia
Assessment & Consultancy, href="https://naemail.wiley.com/owa/[e-mail]/redir.aspx?C=2f7c8e7c17914a35b4d9e1de3702373d&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.workingwithdyslexia.com"
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Dyslexia is a lifelong condition and, depending on severity, it
can have a negative impact on educational achievement and career
prospects. The message of this book, however, is that, if
managed well, dyslexia need not be a barrier to
success. By bringing together experts on dyslexia in
higher education and in the work place, the book signals a
'coming of age' of research and practice on dyslexia in
adulthood. The book is not just about screening, assessment
and examination arrangements but rather its scope is wide, covering
support for learning, key transitions, preparation for the
workplace and psychosocial aspects. Within the legal framework of
the Disability Discrimination Act it also explores sensitive issues
surrounding the disclosure of dyslexia in the work place, and the
extent to which dyslexia support is also appropriate for people of
lower ability who have poor levels of literacy. In bringing
together best practice on the management of adults with dyslexia,
this book provides much food for thought and will be an important
reference for all those who work in the field.

--Maggie Snowling, Professor of Psychology,
University of York

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: adults • Book • dyslexia • dyslexiaspecific • dyslexic • Emotional • higher • identified • Individuals • Issues • Latest • learning disability • Lernstörungen • Lernstörungen • Little • Lives • many • Overview • Practical • Practice • processes • provides • Psychologie • Psychology • Research • school
• ISBN-10: 1-119-94461-9 / 1119944619
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-94461-4 / 9781119944614