Truly excellent Dyslexia book needed

[r3dh3d]

Just posted this in Primary Ed and then realised I'd probably get more response from you lot.

DD2 (leaving Y3) has just got a Dyslexia diagnosis. Which is really annoying because I know a fair bit about lots of SN conditions, and know chuff all about Dyslexia.

I need to find out, but I've got the summer to read up on it.

Apparently she's v bright, her Maths is excellent, her reading is good, she has problems with processing and retrieval and as a result her writing and spelling is poor. I need a book (or books) that will:
a) explain what the processing and retrieval thing is, and how it manifests &
b) exhaustively tells me what I need to get school to do: it's a private school which will probably be fairly willing.

Books I've found so far seem to be either dumbed down for parents and/or focus on reading difficulties she doesn't have. I probably need something a bit more technical.

We are in a similar situation and working out what to do next....so far most recommendations are a weekly session with a 1-2-1 specialist teacher who can help both dd (and us) learn strategies to deal with spelling and literacy challenges. If you are currently in the private sector whatever you may pay to an out of school teacher will be small change compared to school fees. I am viewing it not just as tuition for dd but also for us as parents to help her (neither me or dh is dyslexic) as we have unwittingly been doing things that aren't helpful to her. HTH

Try "Essentials of Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention", Nancy Mather and Barbara J. Wendling.

The processing - time to retain information and the best way to have this information presented. Multisensory and over-teaching/learning are key. The retrieval is not dissimilar - it takes considerably longer to produce the word/information and therefore, can interfere with getting things onto paper and in timed conditions i.e. exams there is a clear need, in certain subjects, to have extra time.

Did you get an Ed psych report? There should be a list of recommendations for the school there. Set up a meeting with the Senco - you might be pleasantly surprised - some schools are really on the ball and will have strategies, small group work, and one-to-one on offer. Met a Senco and specialist teacher recently who helped the class-teachers design their approaches and differentiation: still impressed by this.

Lindsay Peer's Introduction to Dyslexia - www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Dyslexia-Lindsay-Peer-ebook/dp/B00EPE18SU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1405888192&sr=8-5&keywords=lindsay+peer

Thanks all - helpful as always!

DD2 only got verbal diagnosis on Thursday. The report will be in the post soon - I hope.

She's already lined up for 1:1 tuition once a week, starting in September: I imagine there's going to be an initial period where we all try to work out how this thing actually affects her, before the actual help kicks in. The trouble (I suspect this is common) is that she is not terribly confident and tends to give up before trying rather than risk defeat, so it's hard to tell the difference between the things she genuinely can't do and the things she won't put effort into because she assumes she can't do it.

eltee - neither of us are dyslexic, either: I believe there is some on DH's side of the family but DD2 is so different to the family members in question that I didn't make the link as soon as I should have.