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Core Curriculum References

Basic Skills Agency (1999) Literacy. Leaving School and Jobs: the effect of poor basic skills on employment in deifferent age groups. London: Basic Skills Agency.

Department for Education and Employment (1998) The National Literacy Strategy - framework for teaching. London: DfEE.

Department for Education and Employment (1998) The National Numeracy Strategy - framework for teaching. London: DfEE.

Department for Education and Employment (1999) A Fresh Strat - Improving Literacy and Numeracy (The report of the working group chaired by Sir Claus Moser). London: DfEE.

Department for Education and Employment/Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (2000) The National Curriculum - handbook for primary teachers in England (key stages 1 and 2). London: The Stationery Office.

Department for Education and Employment/Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (2000) The National Curriculum - handbook for secondary teachers in England (key stages 3 and 4). London: The Stationery Office.

Institute for Employment Studies (1993) Basic Skills and Jobs. London: Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit.

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (2000) National Standards for Adult Literacy and Numeracy. London: QCA.

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The resources listed here have been mentioned by or to the writers. The list is not exhaustive and inclusion does not imply recommendation.

Abell S. (2000) Helping Adults to Spell. London:BSA.

ACE Spelling Dictionary (1986), available from Learning Development Aids.

Bartlett D. and Moody S. (2000) Dyslexia in the Workplace. London: Whurr.

Basic Skills Agency (1989) Making Reading Easier. London: BSA .

Bell N. Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking. San Luis Obispo, California: Gander Educational Publishing.

Brand V. (1984) Spelling made Easy. Baldock: Egon.

Brooks P.L. and Weeks S.A.J. (1998) 'A Comparison of the Responses of Dyslexic, Slow Learning and Control Children to Different Strategies for Teaching Spellings', Dyslexia, 4:4, 212-222.

Brown H. and Brown M. (1992) Use Your Eyes, 2nd edn. Brown & Brown (available from Avanti).

Buzan T. (1982) Use Your Head. London: BBC Publications.

Buzan T. and Buzan B. (1995) The Mind Map Book: Radiant thinking. London: BBC Publications.

Carbo M. (1982) 'Reading Styles: key to preventing reading failure' in Koerner T.F. (ed.) Student Learning Styles and Brain Behaviour. NASSP (National Association of Secondary School Principals), Reston, VA, USA.

Carbo M., Dunn K. and Dunn R. (1994) Teaching Students to Read through their Individual Learning Styles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Chinn S.J. (1998) Sum Hope. Breaking the Numbers Barrier. London: Souvenir Press.

Chinn S.J. and Ashcroft I.R. (1998) Mathematics for Dyslexics: A teaching handbook, 2nd edn. London: Whurr.

Crystal D. (1996) Discover Grammar. Harlow: Longman.

Davis R. (1997) The Gift of Dyslexia, 2nd edn. London: Souvenir Press.

Department for Education and Employment (2000) Freedom to Learn: Basic skills for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. London: DfEE.

Department for Education and Skills (2001) Adult ESOL Core Curriculum. London: Basic Skills Agency.

Department for Education and Skills (2001) Adult Literacy Core Curriculum. London: Basic Skills Agency.

Department for Education and Skills (2001) Adult Numeracy Core Curriculum. London: Basic Skills Agency.

Department for Education and Skills (2001) Living Our Lives. London: DfES.

Department for Education and Skills (2001) Self-Advocacy Action Pack. London: DfES.

Department for Education and Skills (2001) Yesterday I Never Stopped Writing. London: DfES.

Department for Education and Skills (2002) Basic Skills for Adults with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities: A resource pack to support staff development. London: DfES.

Department for Education and Skills (2002) Adult Pre-entry Curriculum Framework. London: Learning and Skills Development Agency.

Dewsbury A. (for the Education Department of Western Australia) (1999) Assessment, Teaching and Learning: A practical guide to first steps. Oxford: Ginn Heinemann Professional Development.

Evans B. (2001) Dyslexia and Vision. London: Whurr.

Fawcett A.J. and Nicolson R.I. (1999) 'Dyslexia, the Role of the Cerebellum', Dyslexia: International Research and Practice, 5: 155-177.

Fink R. (1995) 'Successful Dyslexics: a constructivist study of passionate interest reading', Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, December 1995/January 1996, 39:4.

Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities (2001) All About Autistic Spectrum Disorders. London: The Mental Health Foundation.

Further Education Funding Council (1996) Inclusive Learning Report of the Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities Committee. London: Further Education Funding Council.

Henderson A. (1989) Maths and Dyslexics. Llandudno: St David's College.

Henderson A. (1998) Maths for the Dyslexic: A practical guide. London: David Fulton Publishers.

Henderson A. and Miles E. (2001) Basic Topics in Mathematics for Dyslexics. London: Whurr.

Irlen H. (1991) Reading by the Colors: Overcoming dyslexia and other reading disabilities. New York: Avery Publishing Group.

Jordan R., Jones G. and Murray D. (1998) Educational Interventions for Children with Autism: A literature review of recent and current research, Research Report 77. London: DfEE.

Klein C. (1993) Diagnosing Dyslexia. London: BSA.

Klein C. and Millar R. (1990) Unscrambling Spelling. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

Krupska M. and Klein C. (1995) Demystifying Dyslexia: Raising awareness and developing support for dyslexic young people and adults. London Language and Literacy Unit.

Lee J. (1999) 'Adult Dyslexia, a Cloak over your Intelligence: removing the cloak', in Spotlight on Learning Basic Skills. London: LSDA Publications.

Lee J. (2002, forthcoming) Making the Curriculum Work series - Approaches to supporting adult basic skills learners with dyslexia. London: BSA.

McKissock C. (2002) Adult Dyslexia: A guide for basic skills tutors. London: Adult Dyslexia Organisation.

McLoughlin D., Fitzgibbon G. and Young V. (1994) Adult Dyslexia: Assessment, counselling and training. London: Whurr.

Morgan E. and Klein C. (2000) The Dyslexic Adult in a Non-Dyslexic World. London: Whurr.

Ott P. (1997) How to Detect and Manage Dyslexia. London: Heinemann.

Paulesu E., Frith U., Snowling M., Gallagher A., Morton J., Frackowiak R. and Frith C. (1996) is Developmental Dyslexia a Disconnection Syndrome? Evidence from Pet Scanning Brain pp43-157.

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (2002) The National Standards for Adult Literacy and Numeracy. London: QCA

Sassoon R. (1993) Computers and Typography. Oxford: Intellect Books.

Shaughnessy M. (1977) Errors and Expectations. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Spiegel M. and Sunderland H. (1999) Writing Works: Using a genre approach in literacy and ESOL teaching. London Language and Literacy Unit.

Sunderland H., Klein C., Savinson R. and Partridge T. (1997) Dyslexia and the Bilingual Learner: Assessing and teaching adults and young people who speak English as an additional language. London Language and Literacy Unit.

Townend J. and Turner M. (2000). Dyslexia in Practice - A guide for teachers. Kingston upon Thames: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Turner M. (1997) Psychological Assessment of Dyslexia. London: Whurr.

Wordpower Dictionary (2000) Oxford University Press.

Graded readers adapted from original classics and popular literature, primarily aimed at ESL/EFL learners, are available from a wide range of educational publishers.

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