Reading diagnosis and prescription

the long version

This book is intended to function as an introduction to the process of individual diagnosis of reading difficulties and the prescription of treatments. Written for the classroom teacher and the prospective reading specialist, the text would supplement the supervised experience in diagnosis usually given in the college course. The text addresses a reader acquainted with the basic theories concerning causes of reading difficulties, and concentrates on assisting in identifying the student's reading weakness using an individual diagnostic reading battery. It is not a complete handbook, for it omits reference to medical or psychological causes, and to various treatment approaches, materials, or theories. The book will be of value in graduate courses, with its simplicity and non-critical style. In the hands of an experienced college instructor who can supplement it where necessary, this textbook will be a very useful instructional tool.