Teaching The Dyslexic In The Classroom And At Home

This manual prepares the teacher or parent for dealing with the many issues related to dyslexia and the student in a classroom situation. It covers the problems and solutions that will help to make a dyslexic student more successful in school. This book is available in hard-copy only. Our other books, courses, and e-lessons are available for purchase through our Webstore.
Topics in this book include: dyslexia or being right-brained, Five Steps to Learning, the learning senses, reading, spelling and much more.

Hard-copy: 203 pages

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Table of Contents

Preface
Purpose and Content

Part One: How the Right-brain Thinks

ONE: What Is Dyslexia Or Being Right-brained?

1. Dyslexia is a Learning Difference, Not a Disability
2. To Understand Dyslexia is to Know How the Right Brain Thinks and Learns
3. Stress destroys Memory
   

TWO: The Turner-Hope Approach to Dyslexia

1. The Right Brain Learns in Whole, Concrete Images
   
2. The Five Steps to Learning
   
3. Working with the Abstract
   
4. Why Sequencing is So Difficult
   
5. The Right Brain Thinks Inductively

THREE: Comparative Learning Differences between the Left and Right Brain

1. General Learning Differences between the Right and Left Brain
2. Basic Differences in Learning Styles of the Right Brain
   
3. An Inability to Follow Directions or Instructions Easily
   
4. A Need for Organizational Skills to Focus Multi-dimensional Thoughts
   
5. The Right Brain Does Not Like Shortcuts
   
6. The Right Brain Is Reality-based
   
7. The Role of the Learning Senses in Processing the Abstract
   
8. The Bell Curve and the Spread of Learning Differences

FOUR: The Three Learning Senses

1. The Learning Senses
   
2. The Auditory Sense
   
3. The Visual Sense
   
4. The Kinesthetic Sense
   
5. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Learning Senses

FIVE: Multi-Sensory Learning: Using the Learning Senses in Combination

1. Combining Auditory with Visual Learning
   
2. The Dramatic Change in Learning in Grade Three
   
3. Using the Computer to Solve Writing Problems
   
4. Teaching Conflicts That May Arise
   
5. Using the Learning Senses to Process Arithmetic

PART TWO: RECOGNIZING THE LEARNING PROBLEMS

SIX: The Right-brained Learning Problems

1. Major Learning Problems for the Right-brained Student
   
2. General Learning Styles of the Right Brain
   
3. Remedial Solutions

SEVEN: Aptitudes, Learning Styles and Behavior Patterns

1. Aptitudes
   
2. Learning Styles
   
3. Behavior Patterns

EIGHT: Assessing the Learning Problems

1. Purposes for Determining Learning Problems and Recording Evaluations.
   
2. Simple Tasks for Recognizing Dyslexic Students: Kindergarten to Grade One
   
3. Evaluating the Observational Tasks
   
4. Check Lists
   
5. Recording Evaluations and Observations
   
6. Differentiating the Dyslexic Students from ADD/ADHD Students

NINE: Working with Parents

1. Interviewing Parents
   
2. Parental Evaluation Forms of Learning Behaviors at Home
   
3. Parental Evaluation of Learning Problems
   
4. Evaluations of Behavior Responses to Learning at Home
   
5. Suggestions for Parents Coping with a Dyslexic Child
   
6. Ways Parents Can Help Their Children at Home

PART THREE: PREPARING THE TEACHER OR TUTOR

TEN: Preparing the Teacher or Tutor

1. Preparing to Teach the Right-brained Learner
   
2. Entry Level into the Dyslexia Program: Kindergarten/Grade Three
   
3. Understanding the Right-brained Learner’s Problems
   
4. Recognizing Learning Styles and Emotional Needs
   
5. Teaching Right-brained Students in Ways They Can Learn
   
6. Matching Method with Need
   
7. Knowing the Appropriate Skills and How to Teach Them
   
8. Summary of the Basics

ELEVEN: Accommodating the Right-brained Learner’s Needs

1. Training Teachers in the Dyslexic Skills
   
2. Accommodating Variations in Behaviors and Learning Styles
   
3. Accommodating The Right-brained Learner in the School Day
   
4. Accommodating the Various Skills at the Appropriate Age

PART FOUR: TEACHING THE RIGHT-BRAINED SKILLS

TWELVE: How the Right Brain Learns

1. Understanding and Working with the Right Brain’s Learning Code
   
2. A Need to Know Why
   
3. An Ability to Process Information Only If It Makes Sense
   
4. Combining the Learning Powers of the Three Senses
   
5. Giving Oral or Written Instructions to Your Students

THIRTEEN: Teaching Spelling and Words

1. Spelling Is Abstract
   
2. Spelling Problems, Their Causes and Solutions
   
3. Some General Rules of Spelling

FOURTEEN: Teaching Reading Skills

1. Introduction to Reading
   
2. Teaching the Right-brained Student to Read
   
3. General Reading Problems Dyslexia Can Cause
   
4. Specific Reading Problems: Causes and Solutions
   
5. Major Reading Problems: Decoding, Tracking and Visualizing
   
6. Improving Reading Comprehension Skills
   
7. Oral Reading
   
8. Silent Reading

FIFTEEN: Writing and Composition

1. Hand Printing and Cursive Writing Problems
2. Teaching Hand Printing and Composition
3. Written Assignments
4. Organizing and Composing a Written Assignment

SIXTEEN: Mathematical Skills

1. Problem Mathematical Concepts
   
2. Mathematical Problems and Their Causes
   
3. Teaching Solutions

SEVENTEEN: In Summary

1. Why Should the Material in This Book Be Learned?
   
2. What is the Outcome of Working Through This Book?
   
3. How Will the Information Help the Student in the Future?
   
4. The Right Brain’s Learning Code

READING AND RESOURCE LIST
INDEX

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