Success and Dyslexia: sessions for coping in the upper primary years is about to be published by the Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER). Dr Firth, co author of the program and Research Fellow at the Centre, has undertaken extensive research in the area of coping with learning disabilities. This unique, evidence-based program draws on her research and on the coping research of co author Associate Professor Erica Frydenberg. The program assists all upper primary students, but especially those with dyslexia, to increase their ability to take control of and cope well with the problems that occur in their lives. Because dyslexia is often highly resistant to improvement despite dedicated literacy and numeracy teaching interventions, this groundbreaking resource focuses instead on adaptive coping skills as a powerful determinant of life success. All components of the program use best practice process for students who have dyslexia, including: explicit strategy instruction, print free activities, and relevance to students’ personal lives, and opportunity for revision.

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