Explanations of reading disorders need to be framed in terms of theories of the normal development of reading and spelling. This collection of papers, based on a selection of those to be presented to the Third International Conference of the British Dyslexia Association, in April 1994, brings together studies of dyslexia and normal reading development. Key topics include the role of underlying language skills for the development of reading and reading disorders, individual differences amongst dyslexic readers, the biological bases of dyslexia, and techniques for improving reading skills in dyslexic and other poor readers.

Contents:

The normal development of reading skills; the nature and causes of reading difficulties; the remediation of reading difficulties.

Many factors contribute towards an able child achieving or under-achieving in school. This text is based on research which highlights these factors, focusing on the problems that all able children may experience. The authors aim to alert parents and teachers to the signs which indicate that an able child may be under-achieving. In addition, they provide tools that will help teachers to understand and assist able children in their care. The book may also be of interest to academics working in this field.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Key research on able children; past and current educational provision for able children; portraits of the able child; emergin issues; case studies of achieving able children; case studies of under-achieving able children; able children and the school; exploring the classroom situation; the able child at home. Appendices: enrichment materials; pupil-teacher interactions militating against pupil achievement.

This book is a broad-scale review of all we know about paternal influences on the development of the child. Early chapters cover the history of fatherhood, images of the father in psychology and religion, and varieties of fathering and father-infant relationships. Succeeding sections examine paternal influences at different stages of the child's life (preschool, school age, adolescence), ethnic differences, varieties of family structure (divorced and stepfathers), unconventional fathers (gay, adolescent, abusive) and adjustment, and father-child relationships. It explores the father's influence on and contribution to a child's emotional, intellectual, and social development.