Socioeconomic status at the individual-and school-level are positively related to literacy
achievement in all English-speaking countries. The components of socioeconomic status …

Gaps in literacy ability between children from different socio-economic backgrounds are
evident before formal schooling begins. Low income makes a minor contribution. Socio …

The Dyslexia Debate examines how we use the term" dyslexia" and questions its efficacy as
a diagnosis. While many believe that a diagnosis of dyslexia will shed light on a reader's …

Describes patterns of general communication development and of English specificity,
emphasizing individual patterns. This edition devotes more attention to individual …

Which children go on to develop dyslexia? Since dyslexia has a multifactorial etiology, this
question can be restated as: what are the factors that put children at high risk for developing …

Background This study considers the role of early speech difficulties in literacy development,
in the context of additional risk factors. Method Children were identified with speech sound …

Reading ability is a complex task requiring the integration of multiple cognitive and
perceptual systems supporting language, visual and orthographic processes, working …

Converging evidence suggests that developmental dyslexia is a neurobiological disorder,
characterized by deficits in the auditory, visual, and linguistic domains. In the longitudinal …

The genetic and environmental etiology of speech and broader language skills was
examined in terms of their concurrent relationships in young children; their longitudinal …

Purpose The main purpose of this study was to examine how children with isolated speech
sound disorders (SSDs; n= 20), children with combined SSDs and language impairment (LI; …