Books
Dyslexia in the Workplace (Second edition)
Diana Bartlett and Sylvia Moody, with Katherine Kindersley. Wiley-Blackwell.
As an introductory guide, this book is written for a diverse audience of professionals in and around the workplace as well as for dyslexic individuals themselves….
“….written by experienced practitioners who show a great deal of understanding and empathy…. and who provide a blueprint to follow.” Dr Gavin Reid, Independent Psychologist and Consultant
“Never before have I read a book that allows me to learn about myself in a style that is clear, compassionate and focused. …. The ultimate in positive thinking and reality-based, easy-to-implement solutions.”
Debra Brooks, Educational & Behavioural Specialist and Consultant to the US Department of Defense.
Dyslexia and Employment: A Guide for Assessors, Trainers and Managers
Edited by Sylvia Moody. Wiley-Blackwell.
This jargon-free guide to good practice in dyslexia workplace consultancy, and related legal issues provides comprehensive coverage in four clearly distinguished areas:
- Professional dilemma chapters discuss tricky issues.
- General perspective chapters take the viewpoint of professionals such as HR managers or trade-union representatives.
- How to do it right chapters offer advice on how to carry out diagnostic, workplace needs and legal assessments, and how to devise training programmes.
- Information Point chapters provide brief information on general topics such as dyslexic difficulties in the workplace and disclosure of difficulties.
Endorsement from Jenny Lee, National Adult Dyslexia Coordinator, Dyslexia Action:
“This is a comprehensive, invaluable and extremely readable book giving in-depth information and guidance on a wide range of issues affecting professionals who work with dyslexic employees. For me, it is a rare find; the authors do not shy away from the most controversial issues, indeed they confront them head-on, revealing their (and our) dilemmas. They share their internal debates and in doing so both reassure us and give practical advice born out of real experience. This excellent book is a must for workplace consultants and indeed anyone working with dyslexic people. I strongly recommend it.”
That's the Way I Think Paperback
David Grant
This fully revised edition of David Grant’s thought-provoking, insightful book develops our understanding of these specific learning differences and considers the further challenges presented by these overlapping conditions.
This 2017 edition includes a new chapter on dyscalculia. New sections also explore updates in the study of dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD as well as visualisation and synaesthesia, in the light of new data and research.
The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
Brock Eide and Fernette Eide
What links Winston Churchill, Alan Sugar, Richard Branson, Jamie Oliver, David Bailey, Will Smith and countless other high achievers in a huge range of fields?
Neuro-learning experts Drs Brock and Fernette Eide describe an exciting new brain science that reveals that people with dyslexia have unique brain structure and organisation. While the differences are responsible for certain challenges with literacy and reading, the dyslexic brain also gives a predisposition to important skills and special talents.
Dyslexics often excel in such areas of reasoning as mechanical (required for architects and surgeons), interconnected (artists and inventors); narrative (novelists and lawyers), and dynamic (scientists and business pioneers).
Dyslexia: How to survive and succeed at work
Sylvia Moody
Practical self-help manual for dyslexic employees and guidance for employers.
Dyslexia: Surviving and Succeeding at College
Sylvia Moody
Dyslexia: Surviving and Succeeding at College is a practical and easy-to-read guide for dyslexic and dyspraxic students. Clearly and simply written, in a dyslexia-friendly format, it addresses not just study skills, but also more general aspects of coping with student life.
Each chapter includes step-by-step strategies which can be put into practice from the very first day at college.
Full of invaluable self-help strategies, this book will empower you to improve your skills in all areas.
Dyslexia: A Teenager's Guide
Sylvia Moody
Dyslexic teenagers face special problems - this book will help solve them.
Clearly and simply written by a leading expert in the field, the book helps with reading, writing, spelling and memory, as well as giving tips on how to take notes, organise study, deal with examinations and use IT. It also shows how to improve confidence, deal with stress, and build on the creative talent that many dyslexics possess.
Dyslexia: A parents' guide to dyslexia, dyspraxia and other learning difficulties
Dr Helen Likierman & Dr Valerie Muter
Many children spend their entire school lives struggling with their school work and with school learning. They may feel that whatever they do it is not good enough - either for their parents, their teachers or indeed themselves. This can often result in feelings of demoralisation, and even alienation from learning and school. This book aims to address these issues and to help parents understand and deal with them.
Both authors, practising psychologists, show parents how to develop a successful approach to assessing and subsequently managing their child's difficulties.
Dyslexia Assessing and Reporting. The Patoss Guide
Anwen Jones and Katherine Kindersley. Hodder Education.
This completely revised 2nd edition of Dyslexia: Assessing & Reporting provides an authoritative and up-to-date guide to best practice in diagnostic assessment. This handbook is a valuable reference for specialist assessors, as well as the wider range of professionals engaged in supporting students across the age range – including SENCOs, specialist teachers, course tutors, learning support managers, dyslexia/SpLD co-ordinators and disability officers. It informs all those who wish to keep abreast of current best practice.
“This is an excellent book!….”
Professor Maggie Snowling, St John’s College, Oxford.