That's the way I think : dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, and dyscalculia explained / David Grant ; with illustrations by Hannah Evelyn French.

  • Grant, David, Dr.
Date:
2017
  • Books

About this work

Description

About 1 in 20 individuals are dyslexic. This figure also applies for dyspraxia and ADHD. 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 new edition includes a brand-new chapter on dyscalculia. New sections also explore updates in the study of dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD as well as visualization and synaesthesia, in the light of new data and research. These updates enable the reader to gain a fuller understanding of the sensory experiences and thoughts of individuals with specific learning differences. The author takes a life-style approach to explain many of the everyday experiences and choices of individuals with specific learning differences, including sleep, sports, visualization and creativity, and uses real life examples explained in the words of those with specific learning differences. The accessible style of this book will immediately strike a chord with anyone with first or second-hand experience of specific learning differences. It is invaluable and insightful reading for those with specific learning differences as well as their parents and/or partner, teachers, teaching assistants and SENCos.

Publication/Creation

London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.

Physical description

ix, 174 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition

Third edition.

Notes

Previous edition: 2010.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD : the common ground -- 2. What is dyslexia? -- 3. What is dyspraxia? -- 4. What is ADHD? -- 5. What is dyscalculia? -- 6. Visualisation and synaesthesia -- 7. Colours and reading -- 8. Being creative : or becoming creative? -- 9. Sports and genes -- 10. Invisible girls, invisible women -- 11. Sleep -- 12. Neurodiversity and concluding remarks.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WL340.6 2017G76t
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9781138126220
  • 1138126225