The Dyslexia, ADHD & DCD-Friendly Study Skills Guide: Tips and Strategies for Exam Success

The author of this book advises parents, professionals and prospective students on preparing for the transition to further education, based on her experience as a learning support adviser and specialist teacher in a further education college. She is also the author of another book in a related field.

Chapters cover topics  including:

• Developing a success attitude
• Reducing exam anxiety
• Smart learning using multisensory methods
• Smarter organisation for exam success
• How exam access arrangements work on the day of the exam

The book also includes a number of templates to structure and support more effective study skills and materials that can be downloaded from the publisher’s website. 

This is a practical, hands-on workbook that is written in a student friendly style, with an enlarged font  and that recognises the difficulties students with specific learning difficulties face. Well-established learning techniques are integrated into the activities  in each chapter and the author encourages the reader to engage actively in preparing for their exams. 

This is a very useful and accessible workbook that recognises the impact of  learning differences and provides a toolkit of resources to develop good study skills and habits.

Author: A-M McNicholas, Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-78775-177-4, Price: £14.99.

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