Intervention for Dyslexia - The British Dyslexia Association

Acknowledgements
I would like to express my gratitude to the following people, who greatly assisted me
with the preparation of this review.
The members of the Steering Committee of the ‘No To Failure’ Project (Lynn Greenwold,
Judi Stewart, Shirley Cramer, Kate Griggs and Graeme Snow), who commissioned me to
undertake the review in the first place and who gave me their encouragement
throughout.
Greg Brooks, whose detailed compilation of UK intervention studies in the 3 rd edition of
the report ‘What works for pupils with literacy difficulties?’ (Brooks, 2007) was invaluable
in the preparation of Chapter 3. Greg also helped me by proving detailed annotations
and extremely useful critical observations on the first and second drafts of this review,
and by assisting me in revising Chapter 5.
Maggie Snowling, whose incisive comments on the first draft sharpened my thinking on
many of the important issues and enabled me to clarify many points.
Jim Rose and my fellow members of the DCSF Dyslexia Expert Advisory Group set up to
assist Jim in the preparation of a review of provision for dyslexic pupils in schools in
England (Maggie Snowling, Greg Brooks, Morag Stuart, Rea Reason, John Rack, Bob
Burden, Geraldine Price, Mark Sherin and Yvonne Griffiths), who devoted time to reading
the first draft and to discussing it with me.
Jean Gross, Director of Every Child a Reader, who provided detailed critical comments
on the first draft, especially on Chapter 5, and also her colleague Julia Douëtil, who
provided a critical analysis of the arguments in Chapter 5 and drew my attention to
some studies of Reading Recovery and Every Child a Reader of which I had previously
been unaware.
Staff in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Division of the Department for
Children, Schools and Families, who facilitated the work in numerous ways, and who
gave helpful feedback on the first draft of the review.
Mike Vickars, who painstakingly proofread the first draft.
Last, but by no means least, my wife Brenda, who, recognising the potential importance
of this work for the education of dyslexic children, gave me unselfish and dedicated
moral support during the intensive period of research and writing.
Chris Singleton
Hull, May 2009