ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of the book. The book examines and discusses all the different aspects of the child's personal world and psychological functioning which play a part in learning processes, looking at how and why they get neglected and how this might be remedied. Education is generally recognised as an essential source of power and self-advancement in many ways. Literacy is the portal of entry to all education. Literacy has always been equated with education, knowledge, and intelligence. Apart from the emotional factors which get ignored, the biggest cause of reading difficulty is unsystematic and unscientific teaching of reading. As a result, children are let down twice by the educational system: firstly, by not being properly taught and then pathologised with the "diagnosis" of dyslexia when they fail. The book focuses on dyslexia which means "reading difficulties".
