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This text summarizes and integrates the voluminous literature on the theoretical, empirical, and applied aspects of reading disabilities. It is intended for reading researchers, practising school psychologists, and reading specialists. The book stresses the view that there are three major kinds of reading disabilities: developmental dyslexia, hyperlexia and non-specific reading disability and that treatment should be targeted at the poorly functioning reading component that is responsible for the particular form of reading disability. A new, ecologically valid approach to the diagnosis of reading disabilities is described and recommendations for remediation and management of the different kinds of reading disabilities are presented. The diagnostic and treatment methods described are substantiated with available research data. This text examines these reading disorders from the perspective of a unified, comprehensive model of reading. The book is written in a readily understandable language and can be adapted quite readily for advanced undergraduate and graduate classes.

Contents

Reading Disabilities: The Puzzle and the History; Introducing the Puzzle; Developmental Dyslexia - History of Research; The Current Scene - an Orchestrated Effort; Hyperlexia - History of Research; General Conclusions. The Reading Process: Introduction; The Visual Encoding Stage; The Word-Recognition Stage; Reading Comprehension Beyond the Word Level; Components of Reading - Decoding and Comprehension; Note. Etiologies of Developmental Dyslexia and Hyperlexia: Introduction; Developmental Dyslexia; Hyperlexia; Notes. Developmental Dyslexia and Hyperlexia: Delineation of the Disorders; Developmental Dyslexia; Hyperlexia; A Model of Reading and Reading Disabilities; The `Syndromes' of Developmental Dyslexia and Hyperlexia; The Syndrome of Developmental Dyslexia; The Syndrome of Hyperlexia; Note. Differential Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities: Introduction; Rationale of the Diagnostic Procedure; Diagnostic Procedures - Grades 4 and Above; Diagnostic Procedure - Grades 1 and 2; Identification of the Hyperlexic Child. Treatment and Management of Reading Disabilities: Introduction; Treatment of Reading Disabilities; Management of Reading Disabilities; Note.