Dyslexia and other learning difficulties : the facts /
Mark Selikowitz.
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- x, 159 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + pbk.
- Oxford medical publications The facts .
- Facts (Oxford, England) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Introduction -- What are specific learning difficulties? -- How a specific learning difficulty is diagnosed -- Theories of causation -- How parents can help - general principles -- Part 2: Areas of learning -- Reading -- Spelling -- Writing -- Arithmetic -- Language -- Attention deficit disorder and sequential organization difficulties -- Coordination and clumsiness -- Social and emotional development -- Part 3: Controversial treatments -- Adulthood -- Conclusion.