Developmental Dyslexia: A Cognitive Developmental Perspective

Abstract

This book sets out a new framework for understanding both the development of reading and spelling skills and the problems many children have in acquiring them. Making clear the limitations of traditional "medical" and "educational" theories of dyslexia, Margaret Snowling writes from the standpoint of cognitive and developmental psychology. She considers not only the causes of reading and spelling problems, but also how in spite of their difficulties, dyslexic children can and do learn to read— how they accomplish a level of literacy which initially seems beyond them. She concludes by asking what psychological research can tell us about the best means of helping dyslexic children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)