Policy, Practice, and Provision for Children with Specific Learning Difficulties

Dyslexia or specific learning difficulty continues to arouse controversy. This report of an investigation in Scotland shows how contrasting views of the problem underlie variations in policy and provision, and hinder communications between different groups involved. Educational psychologists, local authority officials and learning support advisers provided the framework of views which the authors used to research other perspectives. Parents, and other users and practitioners concerned with specific learning difficulties were all surveyed. The book deals with areas of common concern for Scotland and for England and Wales. However, key differences are clearly explained.