Nancy Mather, PhD, is a professor emerita in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies at the University of Arizona. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of dyslexia. She is a co-author of the Tests of Dyslexia and the Woodcock-Johnson V. Barbara J. Wendling, MA, is an author and consultant specializing in educational assessment and intervention with a focus on linking assessment to instruction. Barbara is a co-author of the Tests of Dyslexia and the Woodcock Interpretation and Instructional Interventions Program.

• Series Preface ixAcknowledgments xiOne Understanding Dyslexia 1Two A Brief History of Dyslexia 13Three The Brain and Dyslexia 29Deborah Schneider, Fumiko Hoeft, Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling, Sally Shaywitz*, and Bennett Shaywitz*Four Genetics and the Environment 41Deborah Schneider, Nancy Mather, and Barbara J. WendlingFive Assessment of Cognitive and Linguistic Risk Factors 55Six Assessment of Decoding, Encoding, and Reading Fluency 73Seven Phonological Awareness and Early Reading and Spelling 93Eight Orthography and Orthographic Mapping for Reading and Spelling 105Nancy Redding, Nancy Mather, and Barbara J. WendlingNine Teaching the Orthographic System by Integrating Morphology, Etymology, and Phoneme– Grapheme Relationships 119Sue Scibetta HeglandTen Instruction in Basic Reading Skills and Spelling 131Eleven Instruction in Reading Fluency 157Twelve Technology Applications for Students with Dyslexia 171Kathleen PuckettThirteen Dyslexia in Different Languages and English Learners 183Martha Youman and Emily MatherFourteen Dyslexia in the Schools 197Appendix A Descriptions of Tests 213Appendix B Descriptions of Evidence-Based Programs 279Appendix C Mobile Apps and Websites to Support Reading and Writing Instruction 333Elaine CheesmanGlossary 337References 345Suggested Readings 373About the Authors and Contributing Authors 377Index 379

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Nancy Mather, PhD, is a professor emerita in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies at the University of Arizona. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of dyslexia. She is a co-author of the Tests of Dyslexia and the Woodcock-Johnson V. Barbara J. Wendling, MA, is an author and consultant specializing in educational assessment and intervention with a focus on linking assessment to instruction. Barbara is a co-author of the Tests of Dyslexia and the Woodcock Interpretation and Instructional Interventions Program.

• Series Preface ixAcknowledgments xiOne Understanding Dyslexia 1Two A Brief History of Dyslexia 13Three The Brain and Dyslexia 29Deborah Schneider, Fumiko Hoeft, Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling, Sally Shaywitz*, and Bennett Shaywitz*Four Genetics and the Environment 41Deborah Schneider, Nancy Mather, and Barbara J. WendlingFive Assessment of Cognitive and Linguistic Risk Factors 55Six Assessment of Decoding, Encoding, and Reading Fluency 73Seven Phonological Awareness and Early Reading and Spelling 93Eight Orthography and Orthographic Mapping for Reading and Spelling 105Nancy Redding, Nancy Mather, and Barbara J. WendlingNine Teaching the Orthographic System by Integrating Morphology, Etymology, and Phoneme– Grapheme Relationships 119Sue Scibetta HeglandTen Instruction in Basic Reading Skills and Spelling 131Eleven Instruction in Reading Fluency 157Twelve Technology Applications for Students with Dyslexia 171Kathleen PuckettThirteen Dyslexia in Different Languages and English Learners 183Martha Youman and Emily MatherFourteen Dyslexia in the Schools 197Appendix A Descriptions of Tests 213Appendix B Descriptions of Evidence-Based Programs 279Appendix C Mobile Apps and Websites to Support Reading and Writing Instruction 333Elaine CheesmanGlossary 337References 345Suggested Readings 373About the Authors and Contributing Authors 377Index 379

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Nancy Mather, PhD, is a professor emerita in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies at the University of Arizona. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of dyslexia. She is a co-author of the Tests of Dyslexia and the Woodcock-Johnson V. Barbara J. Wendling, MA, is an author and consultant specializing in educational assessment and intervention with a focus on linking assessment to instruction. Barbara is a co-author of the Tests of Dyslexia and the Woodcock Interpretation and Instructional Interventions Program.

• Series Preface ixAcknowledgments xiOne Understanding Dyslexia 1Two A Brief History of Dyslexia 13Three The Brain and Dyslexia 29Deborah Schneider, Fumiko Hoeft, Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling, Sally Shaywitz*, and Bennett Shaywitz*Four Genetics and the Environment 41Deborah Schneider, Nancy Mather, and Barbara J. WendlingFive Assessment of Cognitive and Linguistic Risk Factors 55Six Assessment of Decoding, Encoding, and Reading Fluency 73Seven Phonological Awareness and Early Reading and Spelling 93Eight Orthography and Orthographic Mapping for Reading and Spelling 105Nancy Redding, Nancy Mather, and Barbara J. WendlingNine Teaching the Orthographic System by Integrating Morphology, Etymology, and Phoneme– Grapheme Relationships 119Sue Scibetta HeglandTen Instruction in Basic Reading Skills and Spelling 131Eleven Instruction in Reading Fluency 157Twelve Technology Applications for Students with Dyslexia 171Kathleen PuckettThirteen Dyslexia in Different Languages and English Learners 183Martha Youman and Emily MatherFourteen Dyslexia in the Schools 197Appendix A Descriptions of Tests 213Appendix B Descriptions of Evidence-Based Programs 279Appendix C Mobile Apps and Websites to Support Reading and Writing Instruction 333Elaine CheesmanGlossary 337References 345Suggested Readings 373About the Authors and Contributing Authors 377Index 379

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