Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors and Affiliations
CHAPTER 1: Language and Reading: Convergences and Divergences
CHAPTER 3: Defining and Classifying Reading Disabilities
CHAPTER 4: Causes of Reading Disabilities
CHAPTER 5: Assessment and Instruction for Phonemic Awareness and Word Recognition Skills
CHAPTER 6: Perspectives on Assessing and Improving Reading Comprehension
CHAPTER 7: Assessing and Remediating Text Comprehension Problems
CHAPTER 8: Spelling Assessment and Intervention: A Multiple Linguistic Approach to Improving Literacy Outcomes
CHAPTER 9: Learning to Write
CHAPTER 10: Developing Knowledge and Skills for Writing
Appendix 10.1
References
Index

Alan G. Kamhi, Ph.D. Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Hugh W. Catts, Ph.D. Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Cheryl M. Scott, Ph.D. Department of Communication Disorders, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Carol E. Westby, Ph.D. Research Center for Family and Community, Albuquerque, NM

Stephanie Al Otaiba, Ph. D. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Marcia L. Kosanovich Ph. D. Florida Center for Reading Research, Tallahassee, FL

Joe K. Torgesen, PhD. Florida Center for Reading, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Suzanne L. Adlof, Ph.D. University of Kansa, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders, Lawrence, Kansas

Kenn Apel, PhD

Danielle Brimo, M.A School of Communication Science and Disorders, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Julie Masterson, PhD, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO