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Neil Dempsey on ‘The path from Primary to Third level education for students with Dyslexia’.
Click here to read Neil’s Masters dissertation.
Neil poses the following question to listeners: What are the factors that enable someone with dyslexia to take on third level education and succeed?
Key texts:
Burden, R. (2008). Is dyslexia necessarily associated with negative feelings of self‐worth? A review and implications for future research. Wiley Interscience, n/a–n/a. doi:10.1002/dys.371
Nalavany, B., Carawan, L. W., & Rennick, R. A. (2010). Psychosocial Experiences Associated With Confirmed and Self-Identified Dyslexia: A Participant-Driven Concept Map of Adult Perspectives. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 44(1), 63–79. doi:10.1177/0022219410374237
Pollak, D. (2005). dyslexia, The Self and Higher Education. Learning life histories of students identified as dyslexic. Trentham Books.