Neurodiversity in Higher Education: Positive Responses to Specific Learning Differences

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'Neurodiversity in Higher Education' Description

This edited collection offers screening, teaching and practical support for specific learning differences in Higher Education. The key features of the book include: uses international case studies to explain how psychologists identify, assess and support a range of specific learning differences in students; the higher education sector has come to terms with dyslexia, but today's students are disclosing a range of learning differences including dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger's Syndrome and dyscalculia; Institutions in all major Western countries are required by law to avoid disadvantaging students with special educational needs, so staff must be up to date on how to recognise and support them; supported by an already popular website, Brain HE, with extra materials and colour photographs.

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Title: Neurodiversity in Higher Education

Pages: 320

ISBN 13: 9780470997536

ISBN 10: 0470997532

Publication Date: 20/03/2009

Sub Title Of Text: Positive Responses to Specific Learning Differences

'Neurodiversity in Higher Education' Contents:

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

About David Pollak

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.


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