GRASP book 2 Guided Reading and Spelling Patterns

A workbook for adolescents and adults with specific language difficulties including dyslexia

Massachusetts-born Kate McMahon grew up outside Boston, Kate was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was ten years old but was determined to finish school and university so that she could teach children with dyslexia how to read and spell and help them avoid the “humiliation and frustration” she suffered as a poor student when she was young.

While on holiday in Ireland in 1980, Kate stayed with the late Lady Cusack-Smith from Bermingham House, Tuam. While there she met Dr John O’Dea from Ballyvaughan in Co. Clare. He knew about dyslexia from his training in Canada and suggested that she move to Galway and work with the dyslexic children here. At the time, the Western Health Board psychologists were able to diagnose a child with dyslexia but there was no follow-up language support services in the schools to help them.

Kate also works with adults and has produced this workbook which has proven very successful in achieving results with learning difficulties.