Pollak Neurodiversity in Higher Education

Positive Responses to Specific Learning Differences
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-74226-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

This edited collection offers screening, teaching and practicalsupport for specific learning differences in Higher Education
* Uses international case studies to explain howpsychologists identify, assess and support a range of specificlearning differences in students
* The higher education sector has come to terms with dyslexia,but todayâ??s students are disclosing a range of learningdifferences including dyspraxia, ADHD, Aspergerâ??s Syndromeand dyscalculia
* Institutions in all major Western countries are required by lawto avoid disadvantaging students with special educational needs, sostaff must be up to date on how to recognise and support them
* Supported by an already popular website, Brain HE, with extramaterials and colour photographs

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pollak, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.
Notes on contributors.
Foreword (Sally Brown).
1. Introduction (David Pollak).
2. Neurodiversity, disability, legislation and policydevelopment (Alan Hurst).
3. The psychological assessment of neurodiversity (DavidGrant).
4. Dyslexia (Ross Cooper).
5. Dyspraxia (Sharon Drew).
6. Dyscalculia (Clare Trott).
7. Asperger Syndrome: empathy is a two-way street (NicolaMartin).
8. Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder - AD(H)D (MaryColley).
9. Mental well-being (Kitty McCrea).
10. Assistive technology (E. A. Draffan).
11. Teaching, learning and assessment: "It's not like youthink" (Heather Symonds).
12. Conclusion: linking the strands together (David Pollak).

Über Autor(innen)

Dr David Pollak is Principal Lecturer in Learning Support at De Montfort University. He runs the highly successful website brainhe.com. He has specialised in neurodiversity such as dyslexia for over 30 years, and is a UK National Teaching Fellow.