About the book
Reading disorder is a very common problem in India
pressing need to know about the problem itself and the effective intervention strategies for remediation of reading disorders. Dyslexia: An Introduction to Reading Disorders is a purely research- and practice-oriented book which will help readers in understanding the complexities of reading disorders, its prevention and intervention. The book has been carefully structured to serve as a textbook for the students of Special Education, Psychology, intervention researchers and practitioners in the field of reading disorders.
The book contains 14 chapters which has been divided into three sections. The first section relates to general discussions to reading and reading disorders and are placed under first section of the book. The second section of the book contains seven chapters on seven intervention approaches to reading disabilities which can help the child to be a fluent and efficient reader. The third and the last section of the book introduces the more recent studies conducted by the author.This section would help the students of Special Education, Psychology and Education to d project and research work in the field of reading disorders for the fulfillment of their curriculum demands or for future research knowledge.
Table of Contents
Chapter -1: Introduction to Reading
Chapter-2: Diagnosis of Children with Reading Disorders
Chapter-3: Reading Disabilities and Associated Disorders
Chapter-4: Critical Review of the Research in Reading Disabilities in India
Chapter-5: Importance of Single Case Design in Reading Disorders
Chapter-6: Early Intervention to the Children with Reading Disorders
Chapter-7: Behavioural Approaches to Reading Disorders
Chapter-8: Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches to Reading Disorders
Chapter-9: Gestalt Approaches and Reading
Chapter-10: Information Processing Approach and Reading Disorders
Chapter-11: Neuropsychological Approaches to Reading Disorders
Chapter-12: Psycholinguistic Approach for the Intervention of Children with Reading Disorders
Chapter-13: A comparative Study on Cognitive Behavioural Deficits of Children with Reading Disabilities/Disorders and Skilled Readers.
Chapter-14: Whether Cognitive Behavioural Intervention Improves the Reading
Author Index
Appendices
About the Author
Gopal C. Mahakud is currently a faculty of Psychology at University of Delhi , India
Recommendations
I hope that this book will serve as an excellent text-book for students of psychology, special education and allied disciplines, particularly when there is hardly any text on the subject that touches so many areas of reading disability. The hard work which has been put into it is certainly worth appreciating.
Dr S.P.K Jena, Department of Applied Psychology, University of Delhi
The book has adequate depth and the spread of contents is comprehensive. This book will be an important contribution in the area of Learning Disorder by an Indian author.
Dr. Manjulaa Kalyaan, Director, Swayamkrushi India
The author’s deep understanding of subject matter is visible and [the book] is very well articulated. All the chapters are well conceptualized, illustrated and reader friendly in terms of use of simple language and writing style. I am sure this book will prove to be an invaluable work on Reading Disability.
Dr. Dipti Oza, Department of Education, MS University, Baroda
