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Cochlear Implants
Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, this book provides an in-depth discussion on prosthetic restoration of hearing via implantation. The text succinctly discusses the scientific principles behind cochlear implants, examines the latest technology, and offers practical advice on how to assess candidates, how to implant the devices, and what rehabilitation is most effective. The authors thoroughly examine the outcomes of cochlear implantation, the impact on the patient's quality of life, the benefits in relation to the costs, and the implications of cochlear implants for language and speech acquisition and childhood education.
Overcoming Dyslexia
This second resource book is part of a teaching programme based on the highly successful handbook ‘Overcoming Dyslexia’ by Hilary Broomfield and Margaret Combley (2nd Edition, Whurr 2003). The materials can be used after completing part one of the course or they can be used independently from the rest of the scheme. They can be used as part of the literacy hour or specialised support lessons. The approach taken is a multi-sensory one and the activities are suitable for learners of all ages. This fully photocopiable set of resources supports the learner in reading and spelling vowel digraphs and diphthongs, ‘soft’ ‘c’ and ‘g’, common ending such as ‘tion’ and ‘le’, suf...
Visual Handbook of Pediatrics and Child Health
Edited by a well-known expert at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, this comprehensive handbook combines a full-color atlas featuring over 1,100 illustrations with a detailed text covering all aspects of child health. The book is organized primarily by body system and covers clinical features, epidemiology, investigations, differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis for all disorders seen in children. Illustrations include clinical photographs, imaging, charts, graphs, and histology where appropriate.
Persisting Speech Difficulties in Children
This is the third book in the series “Children’s Speech and Literacy Difficulties” and is based on research and practice with school-age children with persisting speech and associated difficulties. It focuses on the psycholinguistic nature of their difficulties, how to design intervention programmes, and how intervention outcomes might be measured. It will serve as a practical handbook and will contain usefuls word lists, tips and photocopiable sheets in the appendix. Each chapter will summarise recent research findings and close with a bulleted summary of the main points in the chapter. Provides an explanation of the psycholinguistic approach and how to implement it, and integrate it with other approaches. Includes case studies
Treatment of Voice Disorders, Second Edition
Treatment of Voice Disorders, Second Edition presents the entire range of behavioral, medical, and surgical voice treatment options from the perspective of a variety of specialist practitioners with exceptional breadth and clarity. As suggested in the opening chapter, contemporary treatment of voice disorders draws on interdisciplinary expertise, and the book is true to that perspective. The team approach to voice treatment is realized through the contributions of laryngologists, speech-language pathologists, singing voice specialists, nurses, physiotherapists, acting voice trainers, and others. The reader will find discussion of various treatment procedures, including surgical, pharmacologi...
Fulton Special Education Digest
First Published in 1999. This fully updated second edition is an essential reference book that contains a wealth of resources and practical information relating to the education and care of children with special educational needs. Within its pages you will find an accessible, jargon-free overview of current SEN policies and how they affect parents, teachers and children; contact details of over 1,000 selected organizations, charities and services that exist to help the child with special educational needs; an extensive glossary of terms and medical conditions associated with special education; pointers to useful resources on the Internet; the names and addresses of Local Education Authorities, all of which can provide information on inclusive schooling; the names and addresses of over 1,800 special schools in the UK; and advice on how to make links with other professionals, to ensure all children with special educational needs are getting the attention to which they are entitled. Any teacher, teaching assistant, parent or carer of a child or children with special educational needs will find this book a useful companion.
Dyslexia-friendly Practice in the Secondary Classroom
The first guide of its kind written specifically for trainee and newly qualified teachers, this standards-based text explores the needs of dyslexic learners in mainstream secondary schools. In light of the current dyslexia-friendly schools initiative, it looks at organisational-level support for dyslexic children, together with pragmatic strategies which teachers can use to support children′s cross-curricular learning. Further, it includes case studies and practical tasks to build readers′ confidence in supporting Specific Learning Difficulties, as well as a range of coping strategies and practical advice, based upon the authors′ experience of working with dyslexic learners in different contexts over many years.
Dyslexia Included
This practical book provides teachers with techniques and suggestions to help dyslexic pupils. Written by a team of experienced practitioners who work in a specialist school, it offers clear guidance and tried and tested strategies to help those who need support in this area. The book addresses reading and spelling difficulties and also other aspects of pupils' learning difficulties, including: accessing the curriculum; dyspraxia and motor development problems; learning mathematics; the use of ICT; developing phonological coding; and understanding dyslexics' behaviour. Teachers and teaching assistants working in specialist and mainstream primary and secondary schools should find the book useful. It is also relevant to those doing specialist courses in dyslexia.
Tackling Dyslexia
This book describes an approach to teaching which is designed to take account not only of the problems encountered by children with dyslexia when learning to read, spell and write, but also of the nature of the task that the dyslexic child is trying to master. This second edition has been revised and expanded to include new approaches to the teaching of phonics, recent ideas about developing reading skills, the revised National Curriculum and the Code of Practice, and new developments in IT and software for teaching. There are completely new chapters covering early recognition, helping younger children, and difficulties with mathematics; and the sections on testing and monitoring work and on materials and games for teaching have also been expanded to form individual chapters.
Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School
Increasingly dyslexia is becoming a whole-school issue. The responsibility for addressing the needs of dyslexic students no longer rests with one individual but is the responsibility of all school staff - subject specialists and school management. This timely book addresses this need by providing specific guidance to secondary school staff on how to support dyslexic students within different subject areas and within the principles and practices of inclusion.
