Coping with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and ADHD

Coping with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and ADHD: A Global Perspective incorporates dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD into one volume, offering practical advice on how to manage each. McBride combines a research base with interviews with specialists in learning disabilities, parents, teachers, and students with from six continents.
 

Catherine McBride is Professor of Developmental Psychology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has served as President of both the international Society for the Scientific Study of Reading and the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia. She is an expert on reading development and impairment across languages, scripts, and cultures.

Chapter 1: Understanding learning disabilities around the world Chapter 2: Understanding Dyslexia Chapter 3: What is dysgraphia? Chapter 4: Basics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Chapter 5: Comorbidity: having more than one learning or mental health difficulty Chapter 6: What is the impact of having to learn multiple languages or orthographies on literacy learning? Chapter 7: Best practices in remediating dyslexia around the world Chapter 8: Suggestions on how to help those with dysgraphia difficulties Chapter 9: Helping children with ADHD Chapter 10: Reading and writing to learn: suggestions for helping children with reading comprehension and writing composition Chapter 11: Self-esteem and learning disabilities Chapter 12: Where do you go from here? Afterword Appendices References Index