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Books that answer your questionsAVAILABLE FROM THE FOUNDATION (See SHOP)If you think that you or your child may have dyspraxia, or you have just received diagnosis, you will want to find out as much as you can, as quickly as possible.Teachers and other professionals often need basic guidance and ideas on how to support those who have dyspraxia. This website can help. The Dyspraxia Foundation also publishes and distributes a number of books which give clear answers to commonly asked questions and practical ideas for support. Helping Children with Dyspraxia by Maureen Boon is a brief and straightforward description of dyspraxia and common theories of its causes. Written by a head teacher of an independent school for children with physical disabilities, the book includes information on how teachers can help and case histories of children Children with Developmental Dyspraxia by Sidney Chu, published by the Dyspraxia Foundation gives brief information aimed at parents and teachers, from the occupational therapist's viewpoint Living with Dyspraxia by Mary Colley and members of the Dyspraxia Foundation Adult Support Group is a guide for adults who have, or think they may have dyspraxia. It covers symptoms, diagnosis and coping with everyday life at home, college and work. Dyspraxia The Hidden Handicap by Amanda Kirby explains causes, symptoms and diagnostic procedures in straightforward terms. The book has chapters on parents' and the family's reactions and positive ways to cope; and on the problems faced by teenagers and adults who have dyspraxia Developmental Dyspraxia, 2nd ed by Madeleine Portwood, published by the Dyspraxia Foundation gives information on the neurological basis of dyspraxia; strategies for identification, diagnosis and assessment; details of how to set up and monitor programmes of activities to develop perceptual and motor skills, and support to develop self-esteem and educational achievement. The author, a specialist senior educational psychologist also includes a chapter about the needs of adults.
RECOMMENDED
READING
The
following books are recommended in addition to those offered by the Dyspraxia
Foundation. They
should be available from your local retailer or library Perceptuo-motor
difficulties
Theory and
strategies to help children, adolescents and adults By Dorothy E.
Penso 1992
Stanley Thornes Publishers Ltd
�21.00 Working
With Clumsy Children; A Practical Approach For Teachers Compiled by
Shirley Parkin and Margaret Padley. Available from The Bannerdale
Centre, Sheffield S7 2EW
Telephone: 0114 250 6842
�3.50 Handwriting;
A New Perspective
By Rosemary
Sassoon. 1990 Published by Leopard
Learning �11.00
Handwriting;
The Way To Teach It
By Rosemary
Sassoon. 1995 Published by Leopard Learning �12.00 Keyboarding
Skills for Children with Disabilities By Dorothy E Penso.
1999 Published by Whurr
Publishers �19.50
Teaching
Your Child the Language of Social Success
By Elizabeth A
Martin M.Ed, Stephen Nowicki, Jr. PhD Publisher
Peachtree Atlanta 1996
�8.64
Read
and Type � a Gift for Life
By Patricia Mayhew
Gift for life Publications 1999 �16 Tel:
01256 763443
Sensory
Motor Activities for Early Development
By Hong, C.S,
Gabriel, H.St John 1996 �29.50 Winslow Tel: 0845
921 17777
Sensory
Integration and The Child By Dr. Jean Ayres.
Reprinted 1989 T.F.H.
Special Needs Books, 76 Barracks
Road, Sandy Lane
Industrial Estate, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs. DY13 9QB �24.99
Tel: 01299 827820 -oOo- The following books are
out of print - try your local library Graded
Activities For Children With Motor Difficulties
By James P.
Russell. 1988 Published by
Cambridge University Press. Motor
Education
By A E Tansley.
4th impression. 1985 Published by
Arnold-Wheaton (of Pergamon Press) Perceptual
Training
By A E Tansley.
3rd impression 1985 Published by
Arnold-Wheaton (of Pergamon Press) Dyspraxia
Foundation, 8 West Alley, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1EG Tel 01462
454986/455016 Fax 01462 455052 Website: www.dyspraxiafoundation.co.uk |
