Birsh, a former education professor and educational consultant specializing in professional development, brings together education and language specialists from the US for 23 chapters that show current and prospective educators and other professionals how to use multisensory teaching to improve the language skills of struggling students and those with learning disabilities in elementary through high school. Chapters address conceptual frameworks, content knowledge, and teaching strategies related to oral language development and its relationship to literacy, the history and structure of English, phonemic awareness, alphabet knowledge, handwriting, reading, spelling, comprehension, composition, assessment, planning and classroom environment, math instruction, and working with older students, adults with dyslexia, and English language learners. For this edition, all chapters have been updated with new research, and two new chapters are included, on fluency and adolescent literacy. The chapter on vocabulary development and instruction has been rewritten, and two chapters from the companion website are now in the book, on technology and the rights of individuals with dyslexia and other disabilities. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)