Written Expression

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A critical review of the literature on written expression disorders of individuals with learning disabilities. The purpose of the book is to shed light on issues concerning definition, assessment and interaction for individuals with writing disorders. The integrated model of written expression offered draws on the work of cognitive psychology, neurolinguistics and sociolinguistics. The model illustrates the interrelationship between cognitive and affective processing networks that influence the selection and use of linguistics and information structures in producing a written text. Particularly noteworthy aspects of this book are: the emphasis on the role of writing in developing higher mental functions (other texts on writing disorders have placed greater emphasis on lower-order aspects); not only the addition and integration of the sociolinguistic dimension into the model of writing but also the inclusion of guidelines for assessing this dimension; specification of needed research in which both populations and tasks have been carefully defined; and, finally, notice of the importance of a continuum for defining, assessing and treating each component of written expression. This state-of-the-art work on disorders of writing is of interest to both researchers and clinicians concerned with written expression disorders in children and/or adults.

This book offers concrete advice and handy examples to sharpen your writing skills. Filled with sample letters, memos, and reports (also available on an accompanying disk with workbook), this book will help you successfully attack your in?basket. The writing samples are organized according to the particular audience you want to reach: faculty and staff, parents, central office, peers, local community, etc.

This workbook provides principals with the tools they need to put into practice the concepts outlined in Written Expression: the Principal's Survival Guide, a volume in Eye On Education's hardcover series, The School Leadership Library. The workbook expands the topics covered in the hardcover book and provides additional examples. On the diskette you will find many of the sample documents printed in both the hardcover book and this workbook. You may use these files as templates for your own writing tasks.

Excel Comprehension and Written Expression Year 4 is essenti al for any student wishing to improve their comprehension skills. It all ows students to practice skills such as finding facts, making references, isolating relevant information, understanding questions and paragraphs, and using tables of contents, indexes, maps and graphs to find informa tion. The extracts are from a wide variety of genres to allow students t o gain confidence in reading different materials. When the studen t completes the exercises in this book, she/he will have worked through a number of question types from a variety of text types. Rather than giv e a range of question types based on each passage, the focus in this boo k will be on developing the student's skill with a particular question t ype. The book is structured so that if there is a weakness then the stud ent can concentrate on that particular weakness and become competent wit hout working through passages that may not contribute to the student's p rogress. In this book your child will find: over 60 graded units of stimulating exercises and extracts a wide varie ty of questions including true or false, multiple choice, short answer a nd sentence completion extracts from many different literary an d factual text types a lift-out answer section.

Ideal for any student or health care professional who needs an authoritative text that is sharply focused on clinical psychiatry, this book contains the most relevant clinical material from the bestselling "Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, 10th Edition" and includes updated information on recently introduced psychiatric drugs.

- One volume-reference work with approximately 250 entries, organized alphabetically for ease of use and of locating subject matter. Each entry will contain 5-8 references as well as a bibliography of references and suggested readings - An authoritative reference text on school psychology that would appeal to, and be understood by, a broad audience. - Will assist individuals in acquiring a general understanding of some of the theories, practices, and language associated with the field of school psychology

A complete reference to all types of learning disabilities.