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Direct linkRiddick, Barbara – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
This article starts by examining the background to dyslexia support within the context of the National Literacy Strategy in the United Kingdom. It then critically discusses some of the perceived shortcomings of current support for children with dyslexia, and how this has led to the development of a "dyslexia friendly" schools movement in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Dyslexia, Literacy Education
Hammer, Carol Scheffner; Miccio, Adele W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
Learning to read is a complex process and a number of factors affect a child's success in beginning reading. This complexity increases when a child's home language differs from that of the school and when the child comes from a home with limited economic resources. This article discusses factors that have been shown to contribute to children's…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedOlivier, Carolyn; Hecker, Linda; Klucken, Joyce; Westby, Carol – Topics in Language Disorders, 2000
This article describes the nature of the embedded language components of the postsecondary classroom and Landmark College's strategies to assist students with dyslexia, attention deficit disorders, and other language-based disabilities to develop the critical and abstract thinking, reading, writing and study skills that will enable them to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Curriculum, Dyslexia, Higher Education
